James Doelman

The daring muse of the early Stuart funeral elegy

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Produktbeschreibung

A broad reading of the period's rich trove of funeral elegies, in both manuscript and print, which daringly use individual deaths as opportunities for ethical reflection, political comment, and even satire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9781526144188
• ISBN-10: 1526144182
• Artikelnr.: 59920725

Autorenporträt

James Doelman is Associate Professor of English at Brescia University College, University of Western Ontario

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Prince Henry 2 'A Prison is in all things like a Grave:
elegies on Arbella Stuart, Sir Thomas Overbury and Sir Walter Ralegh 3
Royal deaths 4 Military deaths of the 1620s 5 To 'Silence Slanders
toungue': elegies on George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham 6 A defence of
suicide: William Douglas' funeral elegy on the 2nd earl of Lothian (d.
1624) 7 Funeral elegies on elite women 8 From robe to winding sheet:
funeral elegies on churchmen and scholars 9 Distracted into heresy
Afterword Appendix: Terminology, genres and sub-genres Select Bibliography