Drama and the Succession to the Crown, 1561-1633 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781409406471)

The succession to the throne, Lisa Hopkins argues here, was a burning topic not only in the final years of Elizabeth but well into the 1630s, with continuing questions about how James's two kingdoms might be ruled after his death. Because the issue, with its attendant constitutional questions, was so politically sensitive, Hopkins contends that drama, with its riddled identities, oblique relationship to reality, and inherent blurring of the extent to which the situation it dramatizes is indicative or particular, offered a crucial forum for the discussion. Hopkins analyzes some of the ways in which the dramatic works of the time - by Marlowe, Shakespeare, Webster and Ford among others - reflect, negotiate and dream the issue of the succession to the throne.

Author: Lisa Hopkins
ISBN-10: 1409406474
ISBN-13: 9781409406471
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2011
Pages: 188
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 186