Poets, Players, and Preachers: Remembering the Gunpowder Plot in Seventeenth-Century England

by Anne James

On the night of November 4th 1605, the English authorities uncovered an alleged plot by a group of discontented Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parliament with the lords, princes, queen and king in attendance. The failure of the plot is celebrated to this day and is known as Guy Fawkes Day.

In Poets, Players and Preachers, Anne James explores the literary responses to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in poetry, drama, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442649372
• ISBN13: 9781442649378
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"