John D Staines

The Tragic Histories of Mary Queen of Scots, 1560-1690

Rhetoric, Passions and Political Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Charting developments in public rhetoric and political writing from the Elizabethan period through the Restoration, John Staines here explores the political consequences of the emotions generated by the image of Mary Queen of Scots, tragic woman and queen. This study identifies two basic literary traditions of her tragedy: one conservative, sentimental, and royalist, the other radical, skeptical, and republican.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781138376311
• ISBN-10: 1138376310
• Artikelnr.: 55103919

Autorenporträt

John D. Staines is Assistant Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: Mary's tragedy and public rhetoric in an age of reform and revolution
Character, passion and political rhetoric in Buchanan's Tragic History of the Queen of Scots
Mary's passions made public: other early versions of her tragic fall
The tragedy at Fotheringhay
Guile and public representation: Mary's tragedy in Book V of The Faerie Queene
'Out of this lamentable fortune': Mary's tragedy and the royal succession
Charles's grandmother and the rhetoric of revolution
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.