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Author:

Kyle, Chris R., author.

Title:

Theater of state : Parliament and political culture in early Stuart England / Chris R. Kyle.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012, ℗♭2012

Description:

xi, 276 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain.--Parliament--History--17th century.
Political culture--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Political oratory--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Communication in politics--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-263) and index.

Contents:

Fittest speech : rhetoric and debate -- Audience reactions : the noise of politics -- Swift pens : recording Parliament -- Procreative pens : disseminating news from Parliament -- Open doors : pressure groups and lobbying -- Shifting stages : the emergence of Parliamentary print culture.

Summary:

"Kyle frames the demotics, theatrics, and staging of parliamentary speech in terms of the history of communication. No account of early modern politics will be complete without reference to the murmuring, hissing, shouting, and silences that this book reveals."--David Cressy, The Ohio State University.
"Kyle will wake everyone up. He has an inspired idea of setting parliamentary history firmly within contemporary political culture, arguably the most influential mode of scholarly analysis in the period. This book could well transform the field."--Thomas Cogswell, University Of California, Riverside --Book Jacket.

ISBN:

0804752885 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804752886 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)745766048

LCCN:

2011032091

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)