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Challenging the deference to royal ideology that often typifies masque criticism, this study argues for the greater involvement of the masque in the wider political culture and discourses of early modern England. Drawing on news-books, contemporary reports, libellous verse and early political cartoons, and ranging across court and non-court texts, this study decentres Stuart masquing culture, to explore how masques participated in politics beyond the court, offering an alternative view of Ben Jonson's interactions with political and popular culture.Knowles, James is the author of 'Politics and Political Culture in the Masque ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780230008946 and ISBN 0230008941.
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