By linking court interludes, neoclassical university tragedies, and popular plays by Christopher Marlowe, John Lyly, Thomas Kyd and William Shakespeare to the topic of Tudor marriage, Winkleman
(literature, Johnson State College, Vermont) demonstrates drama's centrality to this controversial subject. Winkelman argues that the plays were crucial battlegrounds for a series of
consequential debates about the future of the monarchy, especially during the reigns of the frequently married Henry VIII and his unmarried daughter, Elizabeth I. Winkelman draws on playbooks
and historical chronicles for his evidence, as well as on current work in gender studies, audience-response theory and anthropology. Annotation 穢2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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