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Kent's best man : radical chorographic consciousness and the identity politics of local history in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI

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Hampton-Reeves, Stuart (2014) Kent's best man : radical chorographic consciousness and the identity politics of local history in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI. Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies, 14 (1). pp. 63-87. doi:10.1353/jem.2014.0009

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jem.2014.0009

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Abstract

In this article, the character of Jack Cade in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI is reconsidered through an exploration of the local history and traditions of Kent. The article shows that Shakespeare, through Cade and his followers, created a sense of local historical consciousness that directly challenges the structures of chronicle history and manifests itself in various acts of self-affirmation. In particular, Shakespeare departed from his sources by giving Cade a Kentish identity. Furthermore, the article offers a challenge to the modern critical consensus that Shakespeare made Cade more violent than he was in the play's chronicle sources.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Kent (England) -- History, Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461, Cade's Rebellion, 1450 -- Historiography, Cade's Rebellion, 1450, Social conflict -- England -- History
Journal or Publication Title: Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISSN: 1553-3786
Official Date: 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
2014Published
1 January 2014Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 8 June 2020
Volume: 14
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 63-87
DOI: 10.1353/jem.2014.0009
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of scholarly citation, none of this work may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. For information address the University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112. Copyright © 2014 JEMCS, Inc.
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