A Mirror for Magistrates and the Politics of the English Reformation

by Scott Lucas and Scott C. Lucas

Perhaps no other work of secular poetry was as widely read in Tudor England as the historical verse tragedy collection A Mirror for Magistrates. For over sixty years (1559-1621), this compendium of tragic monologues presented in the voices of fallen political figures from England's past remained almost constantly in print, offering both exemplary warnings to English rulers and inspiring models for literary authors, including Spenser and Shakespeare...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558497064
• ISBN13: 9781558497061
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"