Writing Under Tyranny: English Literature and the Henrician Reformation

by Greg Walker

Book Overview

Writing Under Tyranny: English Literature and the Henrician Reformation spans the boundaries between literary studies and history. It looks at the impact of tyrannical government on the work of poets, playwrights, and prose writers of the early English Renaissance. It shows the profound effects that political oppression had on the literary production of the years from 1528 to 1547, and how English writers in turn strove to mitigate, redirect, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199231974
• ISBN13: 9780199231973
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 8.9"