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'Paper-contestations' and textual communities in England, 1640-1675

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'Paper-contestations' and textual communities in England, 1640-1675 / Elizabeth Sauer.

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"In conjunction with an evolving print culture, seventeenth-century England experienced a rise of political instability and religious dissent, the closing of the theatres, and the emergence of a middle class
Elizabeth Sauer examines how this played out in the nation's book and print industry with an emphasis on performative writings, their materiality, reception, and their extra-judicial function. 'Paper-contestations' and Textual Communities in England, 1640-1675 challenges traditional readings of literary history, offers new insights into drama and its transgression of boundaries, and proposes a fresh approach to the politics of consensus and contestation that animated seventeenth-century culture and that distinguishes current scholarly debates about this period."--Jacket

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1. 'Reader, here you'l plainly see judgement perverted' -- 2. The trials of Strafford and Laud in England's 'sad theater' -- 3. The 'stage-work' of Charles I -- 4. 'Yet we may print the errors of the age' : tyranny on trial -- 5. Trials of authorship and dramas of dissent -- Epilogue -- 'beyond the fifth act' : Milton and Dryden on the restoration stage.

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