The Tower of London in English Renaissance Drama
| Author | : Kristen Deiter |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2011-02-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781135894061 |
| ISBN-13 | : 113589406X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Tower of London in English Renaissance Drama written by Kristen Deiter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tower of London in English Renaissance Drama historicizes the Tower of London's evolving meanings in English culture alongside its representations in twenty-four English history plays, 1579-c.1634, by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and others. While Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I fashioned the Tower as a showplace of royal authority, magnificence, and entertainment, many playwrights of the time revealed the Tower's instability as a royal symbol and represented it, instead, as an emblem of opposition to the crown and as a bodily and spiritual icon of non-royal English identity.
