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‘Worthy to be hadde and redde of euerye Englishe man’ : the private, public and political contexts of Thomas More’s English Workes

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Forsyth, Katie (2018) ‘Worthy to be hadde and redde of euerye Englishe man’ : the private, public and political contexts of Thomas More’s English Workes. British Catholic History, 34 (2). pp. 247-272. doi:10.1017/bch.2018.23

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/bch.2018.23

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Abstract

Almost ninety years after Thomas More’s death, the playwright John Webster lauded him as a learned and worthy poet, placing him alongside Chaucer, Gower, Lydgate and Philip Sidney. It is clear that More was celebrated by Webster not only for the quality of his literary writing, but also for the wider political, social and historical influence of his literary output. This article uses the production of the 1557 folio of More’s English Workes to explore the literary, political and religious influence of More’s writing in the 1550s and beyond, and situates More’s Workes within the wider context of folio production in Renaissance England. It also explores how the publication of More’s Workes in folio established a distinct literary position for Thomas More in the mid-1550s, and highlights the unusual nature of the folio’s compilation and production within the mid-Tudor book trade.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535, Book industries and trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 1450-1600, Books -- Great Britain -- History -- 1450-1600, Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558
Journal or Publication Title: British Catholic History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 2055-7973
Official Date: October 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
October 2018Published
27 September 2018Available
6 August 2018Accepted
Volume: 34
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 247-272
DOI: 10.1017/bch.2018.23
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-catholic-history
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