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Criticism and Compliment

- The Politics of Literature in the England of Charles I

About Criticism and Compliment

Criticism and Compliment examines the poems, plays and masques of the three figures who succeeded Ben Jonson as authors of court entertainments in the England of Charles I. The courtly literature of Caroline England has been dismissed by critics and characterised by historians as propaganda for Charles I's absolutism penned by sycophantic hirelings.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521386616
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 328
  • Published:
  • March 28, 1990
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x19 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 494 g.
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Expected delivery: November 17, 2024

Description of Criticism and Compliment

Criticism and Compliment examines the poems, plays and masques of the three figures who succeeded Ben Jonson as authors of court entertainments in the England of Charles I. The courtly literature of Caroline England has been dismissed by critics and characterised by historians as propaganda for Charles I's absolutism penned by sycophantic hirelings.

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