Royal Voices

Language and Power in Tudor England

Mel Evans (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

278 Seiten

2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-13121-7 (ISBN)

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Through an exploration of the material and linguistic properties of Tudor royal texts, this book argues that Tudor royals and their subjects recognised an English 'royal voice' that symbolised monarchic power. Contemporary methods and concepts are used to illuminate and appraise the textual practices of the Tudor monarchy and their subjects.

The Tudors are one of the best known royal families in English history. Over three generations, they constructed and maintained their status and authority during a period of social, political and religious unrest. This book examines the textual basis of Tudor royal power. Through analyses of correspondence alongside genres including proclamations and historical chronicles, the book explores the visual and verbal practices that came to symbolise monarchic authority in the Tudor era. Mel Evans combines concepts from sociolinguistics and pragmatics with corpus linguistic methods to explore the characteristics of authentic English language Tudor texts, alongside materials reporting and appropriating royal language. The book reveals a pervasive sixteenth-century royal voice - one which is central to the articulation and perpetuation of Tudor monarchic power.

Mel Evans is a lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Leicester. Previous publications include The Language of Elizabeth I: A Sociolinguistic Perspective on Royal Style and Identity (2013)

Introduction; Part I. Authentic Royal Voices: 1. Materiality and power in Tudor royal correspondence; 2. Royal epistolary language: trends and trajectories; 3. Pragmatic perspectives on royal letters; 4. Tudor royal proclamations: materiality, orality and performance; Part II. Appropriated Royal Voices: 5. Non-royal views of royal voices: afterlives and metalanguage; 6. Impostor, protector and queen: the textual power of royal pretenders; 7. Writing royal voices: royal discourse reports in sixteenth-century correspondence; 8. Royal voices, narrative and ideology in sixteenth-century chronicles; Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.03.2020
Zusatzinfo	21 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 235 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-107-13121-9 / 1107131219
ISBN-13	978-1-107-13121-7 / 9781107131217
Zustand	Neuware