John Heywood: Comedy and Survival in Tudor England

by Greg Walker

John Heywood was an important literary and theatrical pioneer in his own right, but he is also a revealing lens through which to view the wider tumultuous history of the sixteenth century. He was, through the period from the mid-1520s to the 1560s, as near to a celebrity as Tudor England possessed, famed for his 'merry' persona and good humour. But his public image concealed a deeper engagement with religious and political history. Enduringly resistant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198851510
• ISBN13: 9780198851516
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.3"