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The Discontented Cavalier: The Work of Sir John Suckling in Its Social, Religious, Political, and Literary Contexts - Couverture rigide

Wilcher, Robert

 
9781611493320: The Discontented Cavalier: The Work of Sir John Suckling in Its Social, Religious, Political, and Literary Contexts
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ISBN 10 : 1611493323 ISBN 13 : 9781611493320
Editeur : University of Delaware Press, 2007

Synopsis

This comprehensive study of the literary output of Sir John Suckling reconstructs the various contexts in which the poems, plays, letters, and prose tracts were produced and, by means of close textual analysis, reveals the nature of one writers engagement_both creative and subversive_with the social, religious, political, and cultural dimensions of Caroline England. It challenges the common view of Suckling as primarily a court wit and courtier playwright and makes a case for reading much of his poetry and drama as a critique of the social values and aesthetic fashions associated with the patronage of Queen Henrietta Maria. In other words, this so-called Cavalier is revealed as an astute and skeptical commentator on national and international affairs, whose discontent with the religious and political consequences of King Charles Is government during the 1630s was often at odds with his unshakable loyalty to the crown.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Wilcher recently retired as reader in early modern studies at the University of Birmingham.

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Éditeur
University of Delaware Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1611493323
ISBN 13 
9781611493320
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
445
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Personne responsable
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