Essex

The cultural impact of an Elizabethan courtier
Herausgeber: Connolly, Annaliese; Hopkins, Lisa

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Produktbeschreibung

Collection of new essays about the earl of Essex, one of the most important figures of the Elizabethan court

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 736g
• ISBN-13: 9780719084942
• ISBN-10: 0719084946
• Artikelnr.: 39594752

Autorenporträt

Annaliese Connolly is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Sheffield Hallam University Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction I Essex: Patron and patronage 1. 'Cleverly playing the stoic':
the Earl of Essex, Sir Philip Sidney and surviving Elizabeth's court -
Richard Wood 2. Essexianism and the work of Gervase Markham - Matthew
Steggle 3. Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex, and the practice of
theatre - Grace Ioppolo 4. Essex's international agenda in 1595 and his
device of the Indian prince - Linda Shenk II Self-fashioning 5. 'Achilles
alter': the heroic lives and afterlives of Robert Devereux, Second Earl of
Essex - Andrew Hiscock 6. 'Bringing rebellion broached on his sword': Essex
and Ireland - Willy Maley and Chris Butler 7. Essex's last campaign: the
fall of the Earl of Essex and manuscript circulation - Andrew Gordon 8.
'Idle papers': an apology of the Earl of Essex - Hugh Gazzard 9. 'Toucht
with bolt of treason': the Earl of Essex and Lady Penelope Rich - Chris
Laoutaris 10. The Earl of Essex and 'politic history' - Alexandra Gajda III
Afterlives 11. Prodigality and the Earl of Essex - Mary Partridge 12. The
Earl of Essex and the Duke of Windsor: Elizabeth and Essex on film - Lisa
Hopkins Bibliography Index