Subjects to the king's divorce : equivocation, infidelity, and resistance in early modern England

Subjects to the king's divorce : equivocation, infidelity, and resistance in early modern England / Olga L. Valbuena.

Author/creator	Valbuena, Olga L., 1959-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2003.
Description	xxxi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547--Divorce. English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700 --History and criticism. Christianity and literature--England --History --17th century. Christianity and literature--England --History --16th century. Divorce--Religious aspects --Christianity --History of doctrines. Government, Resistance to, in literature. Anti-Catholicism in literature. Despotism in literature. Reformation--England. Divorce in literature.

Contents	Divorsive interpretation : monarchy, religious discourse, and resistance to tyranny -- "Bind your selves by the oath" : political allegiance and infidelity in Donne's thought -- The play "wrought with things forgotten" : history, the matriline, and equivocation in Macbeth -- The dissenting grace : Cary's The tragedy of Mariam and resistance to tyranny -- "If we mark the text" : "divorsive" reading and regicide in Milton's prose.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-264) and index.
LCCN	2002014746
ISBN	0253341140 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR438.R45 V35 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold