Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

Literary Collections Ancient, Classical & Medieval

Royal Subjects

Essays on the Writings of James Vi and I

edited by Daniel Fischlin & Mark Fortier

foreword by Kevin Sharpe

Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2002
Category
Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Essays
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780814328774
    Publish Date
    Feb 2002
    List Price
    $61.95

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Description

Best known for his landmark version of the Protestant Bible, James VI (1566-1625) of Scotland, who succeeded Elizabeth I to the English throne, was truly a monarch of the word. From religious prose and verse to political treatises and social works to love poems and witty doggerel, James used writing and the print media to inspire his subjects, govern them, keep his enemies at bay, and even examine his own authority. Until now, the full span of James's work has received little critical attention by political and literary historians. In Royal Subjects, sixteen leading scholars explore the richness of his oeuvre from a variety of perspectives, and in so doing seek to establish monarchic writing as an important genre in its own right. Through its unprecedented look at monarchic writing, Royal Subjects not only enriches our understanding of the reign of James VI and I but also offers fruitful suggestions for approaches to other Renaissance texts and other periods.

About the authors

DANIEL FISCHLIN. University Research Chair, University of Guelph. Founder and Director of the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project (canadianshakespeares.ca) with numerous publications on Shakespeare in / and Canada.

Daniel Fischlin's profile page

Mark Fortier's profile page

Kevin Sharpe's profile page

Editorial Reviews

"This is an absolutely splendid book. For far too long, the amazing literary output of James VI and I has been regarded, at best, as interesting for its political theory and views on kingship, at worst, as worth noting not for its intrinsic value but because a king put pen to paper. Fischlin and Fortier have put together a collection which at last does its subject justice, and are to be congratulated on doing so."?Jenny Wormald, St. Hilda's College, Oxford