The Culture of Slander in Early Modern England |
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| Author:
| Kaplan, M. Lindsay |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-58637-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $41.99 |
Book Description:
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Slander constitutes a central social, legal and literary concern of early modern England. M. Lindsay Kaplan reveals it to be an effective, if unstable, means of repudiating those perceived to be foes, and shows how it was deployed by rulers and poets including Spenser, Jonson and Shakespeare.
Slander constitutes a central social, legal and literary concern of early modern England. M. Lindsay Kaplan reveals it to be an effective, if unstable, means of repudiating those perceived to be foes, and shows how it was deployed by rulers and poets including Spenser, Jonson and Shakespeare.