Literature of the Stuart successions (eBook, ePUB)

An anthology
Redaktion: Mcrae, Andrew; West, John

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Literature of the Stuart Successionsis an anthology of primary material relating to the Stuart successions. The six Stuart successions (1603, 1625, 1660, 1685, 1688-9, 1702) punctuate this turbulent period of British history. In addition, there were two accessions to the role of Lord Protector (those of Oliver and Richard Cromwell). Each succession generated an outpouring of publications in a wide range of forms and genres, including speeches, diary-entries, news reports, letters and sermons. Above all, successions were marked in poems, by some of the greatest writers of the age. By gathering together some of the very best Stuart succession writing, Literature of the Stuart Successions offers fresh perspectives upon the history and culture of the period. It includes fifty texts (or extracts), selected to demonstrate the breadth and significance of succession writing, as well as introductory and explanatory material.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526104656
• Artikelnr.: 57472012

Autorenporträt

Andrew McRae is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Exeter John West is Assistant Professor of Seventeenth-Century Literature and Culture at the University of Warwick

Inhaltsangabe

General introduction Part I: 1603 Introduction I.1 A Proclamation Declaring the Undoubted Right of our Sovereign Lord King James
to the Crown of the Realms of England
France and Ireland (1603) I.2 Richard Niccols
'A True Subject's Sorrow
for the Loss of his Late Sovereign' (1603) I.3 Michael Drayton
To the Majesty of King James (1603) I.4 Sir John Davies
'The King's Welcome' and 'To the Queen at the Same Time' (1603) I.5 A New Song to the Great Comfort and Rejoicing of all True English Hearts
at our Most Gracious King James his Proclamation
upon the 24 of March last past in the City of London (1603) 1.6 Thomas Dekker
from The Whole Magnificent Entertainment: Given to King James
Queen Anne his Wife
and Henry Frederick the Prince
Upon the Day of His Majesty's Triumphant Passage (from the Tower) through his Honourable Citie (and Chamber) of London (1604) I.7 Ben Jonson
'A Panegyre on the Happy Entrance of James our Sovereign to his First High Session of Parliament' (1604) I.8 King James
from The Kings Majesty's Speech
as it was Delivered by him in the Upper House of the Parliament (1604) Part II: 1625 Introduction II.1 John Rous
from his diary (27 March 1625) II.2 James Shirley
'Upon the Death of King James' (1646) II.3 John Donne
from The First Sermon Preached to King Charles (1625) II.4 From A True Discourse of all the Royal Passages
Triumphs and Ceremonies
Observed at the Contract and Marriage of the High and Mighty Charles
King of Great Britain
and the Most Excellentest of Ladies
the Lady Henrietta Marie of Bourbon (1625) II.5 George Eglisham
from The Forerunner of Revenge. Upon the Duke of Buckingham
for the Poisoning of the Most Potent King James of Happy Memory King of Great Britain
and the Lord Marquis of Hamilton
and Others of the Nobility (1626) II.6 William Drummond of Hawthornden
from The Entertainment of the High and Mighty Monarch Charles (1633) Part III: 1653 and 1658 Introduction III.1 [Marchamont Nedham]
from Mercurius Politicus
184 (December 1653) III.2 'The Character of a Protector' (c. 1654) III.3 Andrew Marvell
The First Anniversary of the Government under his Highness the Lord Protector (1655) III.4 From The Public Intelligencer
152 (November 1658) III.5 John Dryden
Heroic Stanzas
Consecrated to the Glorious Memory of his Most Serene and Renowned Highness Oliver Late Lord Protector of this Commonwealth
&c. Written after the Celebration of his Funeral (1659) III.6 The World In a Maze
or
Oliver's Ghost (1659) Part IV: 1660 Introduction IV.1 The Declaration of Breda (1660) IV.2 John Milton
from The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth (1660) IV.3 Samuel Pepys
from his diary (25 May 1660) IV.4 Martin Parker
The King Enjoys his Own Again. To be Joyfully Sung
with its Own Proper Tune (c. 1660) IV.5 John Dryden
Astraea Redux. A Poem On the Happy Restoration and Return Of His Sacred Majesty Charles the Second (1660) IV.6 Rachel Jevon
Exultationis Carmen: To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty upon his Most Desired Return (1660) IV.7 John Crouch
The Muses' Joy For The Happy Arrival and Recovery of that Weeping Vine Henrietta-Maria
the most Illustrious Queen-Mother
and Her Royal Branches (1660) IV.8 Edmund Waller
A Poem On St James's Park as Lately Improved by His Majesty (1661) Part V: 1685 Introduction V.1 John Dryden
Threnodia Augustalis: A Funeral-Pindaric Poem Sacred to the Happy Memory of King Charles II (1685) V.2 James II
An Account of What His Majesty Said at his First Coming to Council (1685) V.3 Elinor James
The Humble Petition of Elinor James (1685) V.4 W[illiam] P[enn] (?)
Tears Wiped Off
or The Second Essay of the Quakers by Way of Poetry: Occasioned by the Coronation of James and Mary (1685) V.5 Francis Turner
from A Sermon Preached before their Majesties K. James II and Queen Mary at their Coronation in Westminster Abbey
April 23
1685 V.6 England's Royal Renown
In the Coronation Of our Gracious Sovereign King James the 2nd. and His Royal Consort Queen Mary
who were Both Crowned at Westminster
the Twenty-Third of April
1685. To the Tune of
The Cannons Roar (1685) V.7 Aphra Behn
A Poem Humbly Dedicated To the Great Pattern of Piety and Virtue Catherine Queen Dowager. On the Death of her Dear Lord and Husband King Charles II (1685) Part VI: 1688-9 Introduction VI.1 John Evelyn
from his diary (8 November 1688) VI.2 Gilbert Burnet
from A Sermon Preached in the Chapel of St James's
before his Highness the Prince of Orange
the 23d of December
1688 (1689) VI.3 Aphra Behn
A Pindaric Poem to the Reverend Doctor Burnet
on the Honour he did me of Enquiring after me and my Muse (1689) VI.4 Thomas Shadwell
The Address of John Dryden
Laureate to his Highness the Prince of Orange (1689) VI.5 Elkanah Settle
'Britain's Address to the Prince of Orange' (1689) VI.6 On the Occasion of the Descent of his Highness the Prince of Orange into England
and their Highnesses Accession to the Crown. A Pindaric Ode (1689) VI.7 The Protestant's Ave Mary
on the Arrival of her Most Gracious Majesty
Mary
Queen of England (1689) VI.8 A Letter from a Gentleman in the Country to his Correspondent in the City
Concerning the Coronation Medal
Distributed April 11. 1689 (1689) Part VII: 1702 Introduction VII.1 Queen Anne
from 'The Queen's Speech in Parliament' (1702) VII.2 England's Triumph
in the Joyful Coronation of a Protestant Queen: Or
an Acrostic upon Anne
Queen of England
Scotland
France and Ireland (1702) VII.3 The English Muse: Or
a Congratulatory Poem (1702) VII.4 From Albina
or The Coronation (1702) VII.5 John Tutchin
from The Observator (22 April 1702) VII.6 Bevil Higgons (?)
'The Mourners' (1703) VII.7 William Walsh
To the Queen on her Coronation Day (1706)