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THOMAS MIDDLETON AND THE PLURAL POLITICS OF JAC...

Thomas Middleton and the Plural Politics of Jacobean Drama represents the first sustained study
of Middleton's dramatic works as responses to James I's governance. Through examining
Middleton's poiesis in relation to the political theology of Jacobean London  Kaethler explores
early forms of free speech  namely parrh sia  and rhetorical devices  such as irony and
allegory  to elucidate the ways in which Middleton's plural art exposes the limitations of the
monarch's sovereign image. By drawing upon earlier forms of dramatic intervention  James's
writings  and popular literature that blossomed during the Jacobean period  including news
pamphlets  the book surveys a selection of Middleton's writings  ranging from his first extant
play The Phoenix (1604) to his scandalous finale A Game at Chess (1624). In the course of this
investigation  the author identifies that although Middleton's drama spurs political awareness
and questions authority  it nevertheless simultaneously promotes alternative structures of
power  which manifest as misogyny and white supremacy.

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