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Introduction: Approaching the monarch
From Scotland to England : the accession of a writer-king
Part I. James, Jonson and the Jacobean court. 'Best of kings' and 'best of poets'?" : James, Jonson and constructing the role of court poet ; The 'abortive and extemporal din' : James, Jonson and the discussion of state affairs
Part II. James, Donne and the politics of religion in Jacobean England. 'A conversation with your subjects' : power, language and kingship in Donne's early Jacobean works ; 'We are in deed and in name too, men of orders' : Donne and the politics of preaching for the king
Part III. James, Shakespeare and the Jacobean theatre. 'Let him but be testimonied in his own bringings-forth' : Shakespeare, James and constructing the king
Coda: Appropriating the royal word in the 1620s and beyond.
From Scotland to England : the accession of a writer-king
Part I. James, Jonson and the Jacobean court. 'Best of kings' and 'best of poets'?" : James, Jonson and constructing the role of court poet ; The 'abortive and extemporal din' : James, Jonson and the discussion of state affairs
Part II. James, Donne and the politics of religion in Jacobean England. 'A conversation with your subjects' : power, language and kingship in Donne's early Jacobean works ; 'We are in deed and in name too, men of orders' : Donne and the politics of preaching for the king
Part III. James, Shakespeare and the Jacobean theatre. 'Let him but be testimonied in his own bringings-forth' : Shakespeare, James and constructing the king
Coda: Appropriating the royal word in the 1620s and beyond.