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Royal Voices
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Language and Power in Tudor England
Besorgungstitel - wird vorgemerkt | Lieferzeit: Besorgungstitel - Lieferbar innerhalb von 10 Werktagen I
Artikel-Nr:
9781107131217
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.04.2020
Seiten:
278
Autor:
Mel Evans
Gewicht:
454 g
Format:
231x168x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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)
A linguistic examination of Tudor texts that demonstrates the importance of materiality and language in the construction of royal power.
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.