The Theatre of Death

Rituals of Justice from the English Civil Wars to the Restoration

P.J. Klemp (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

374 Seiten

2016
University of Delaware Press (Verlag)
978-1-61149-628-4 (ISBN)

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This book discusses rituals of justice-such as public executions, printed responses to the Archbishop of Canterbury's execution speech, and King Charles I's treason trial-in early modern England. Focusing on the ways in which genres shape these events' multiple voices, Paul Klemp analyzes the diverse perspectives from which we must understand these rituals, particularly the victims' last dying words.

Paul Klemp is professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Capital Punishment in Early Modern England
Chapter 1: "I have been bred upon the Theater of death, and have learned that part":
The Execution Ritual During the English Revolution
Chapter 2: The Earl of Strafford's Trial and Scaffold Speech: Texts and Contexts
Chapter 3: The Earl of Strafford's Trial and Scaffold Speech: Textual Aftermaths
Chapter 4: Archbishop William Laud in the Theatre of Execution
Chapter 5: Civil War Politics and the Texts of Archbishop William Laud's
Execution Sermon and Prayers
Chapter 6: Genre Criticism and the Animadversions upon Archbishop William Laud's
Execution Sermon and Prayers
Chapter 7: Self-Referential Defense Strategies in King Charles I's Treason Trial
Chapter 8: The Earl of Strafford, Archbishop Laud, and King Charles I's Deflation of Genre in His Speech Made upon the Scaffold
Chapter 9: "The Last Actors in This Bloody Tragedy": The Regicides in the Theatre of Death
Afterword
Works Cited
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	11.11.2016
Zusatzinfo	16 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Cranbury
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 235 mm
Gewicht	662 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-61149-628-4 / 1611496284
ISBN-13	978-1-61149-628-4 / 9781611496284
Zustand	Neuware