Furtive majesty in John Ford’s Perkin Warbeck

In Ford’s Perkin Warbeck, a charismatic and virtuous pretender is opposed an uncharismatic and unvirtuous monarch, Henry VII. To Perkin, his title is as good as Henry’s. Thus he patterns his invasion of England on that of Henry’s own previous invasion to rid England of Richard III – a tyrant whom He...

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Main Author: John Gillies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2022-01-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/11989
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