Helen Vella Bonavita

Illegitimacy and the National Family in Early Modern England

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Produktbeschreibung

This study considers the figure of the bastard in the context of analogies of the family and the state in early modern England. The trope of illegitimacy, more than being simply a narrative or character-driven issue, is a vital component in the evolving construction and representation of British national identity in prose and drama of the sixtee

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1429g
• ISBN-13: 9780367878979
• ISBN-10: 0367878976
• Artikelnr.: 58441662

Autorenporträt

Helen Vella Bonavita is Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents. Introduction Chapter 1: `Now attest that those whom you call
d fathers did beget yoü Chapter 2: `Give Grandam Kingdom
: King John Chapter 3: `Gelded of his patrimony
: Richard II Chapter 4: `Gave you kingdom: called you children
: King Lear Conclusion Bibliography