Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Political drama in the reign of Henry VIII: an interpretation
- 2 Improving literature? The interlude of Hick Scorner
- 3 A domestic drama: John Skelton's Magnyfycence and the royal household
- 4 Conservative drama I: Godly Queene Hester
- 5 Conservative drama II: John Heywood's Play of the Weather
- 6 Radical drama? John Bale's King Johan
- 7 Court drama and politics: further questions and some conclusions
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Political drama in the reign of Henry VIII: an interpretation
- 2 Improving literature? The interlude of Hick Scorner
- 3 A domestic drama: John Skelton's Magnyfycence and the royal household
- 4 Conservative drama I: Godly Queene Hester
- 5 Conservative drama II: John Heywood's Play of the Weather
- 6 Radical drama? John Bale's King Johan
- 7 Court drama and politics: further questions and some conclusions
- Index
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- Plays of PersuasionDrama and Politics at the Court of Henry VIII, pp. xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991