Clare McManus

Women on the Renaissance stage

Anna of Denmark and female masquing in the Stuart court 1590-1619

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Produktbeschreibung

Reassesses women's relationship to performance in early modern England.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780719062506
• ISBN-10: 0719062500
• Artikelnr.: 22412747

Autorenporträt

Clare McManus is Professor of Early Modern Literature and Theatre at the University of Roehampton

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: An early modern female stage 1. Dance, gender and the
politics of aristocratic performance in the early Stuart court masque 2.
Marriage and the performance of the romance quest - the role of the queen
consort in the early modern European court 3. 'Spectacles of strangeness' -
the performance of the female body in the major Jacobean masques 4.
Disputed marriages - the female courtier as spectator 5. The contested
masquing stage - 'The Somerset masque', 'Cupid's banishment' and the space
of the female court Conclusion: The legacy of Anna of Denmark - female
performance in the Caroline court and beyond Notes Bibliography Index