{"product_id":"illegitimate-power-by-alison-findlay-9780719080852","title":"Illegitimate Power","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Renaissance Drama, the bastard is an extraordinarily powerful and disruptive figure. We have only to think of Caliban or of Edmund to realise the challenge presented by the illegitimate child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wide range of play texts, Alison Findlay shows how illegitimacy encoded and threatened to deconstruct some of the basic tenets of patriarchal rule. She considers bastards as indicators and instigators of crises in early modern England, reading them in relation to witchcraft, spiritual insecurities, and social unrest in family and State.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe characters discussed range from demi-devils, unnatural villains, and clowns to outstanding heroic or virtuous types who challenge officially sanctioned ideas of illegitimacy. The final chapter of the book considers bastards in performance; their relationship with theatre spaces and audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIllegitimate Power\u003c\/em\u003e argues that illegitimate voices can bring about the death of the author\/father and open the text as a piece of theatre, challenging accepted notions of authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596648923372,"sku":"9780719080852","price":102.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780719080852-illegitimate-power.jpg?v=1777934198","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/illegitimate-power-by-alison-findlay-9780719080852","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}