@inbook{c4df0dcebce0465b824fa51fcfbc942b,
title = "Transgressive Normality and Normal Transgression in Sir Thomas More",
abstract = "Firstly, this chapter argues that the {\textquoteleft}normalising{\textquoteright} of transgression in Sir Thomas More contributes to the play{\textquoteright}s questioning of authority and its power to engage its audience. Secondly, this chapter argues that the play{\textquoteright}s depiction of the familiar and the banal creates a conflict that is central to its critique of power structures. More is frequently singled out as unique but the recognisable, commonplace aspects of his life are used to make him a home-grown hero worthy of empathy, an everyman who falls victim to the vagaries of the state. As such a figure, More is relatable to the audience, his fate is made compelling, and he is ideally positioned to expose the inconsistencies in and perils of state power to the individual.",
author = "Edel Semple",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, The Author(s).",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-00892-5\_7",
language = "English",
series = "Palgrave Shakespeare Studies",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "151--171",
editor = "Rory Loughnane and Edel Semple",
booktitle = "Palgrave Shakespeare Studies",
address = "United Kingdom",
}