Politics of the Stuart Court Masque

Klappentext A collection which takes an alternative look at the courtly masque in early seventeenth-century England. Zusammenfassung This 1998 book takes an alternative look at the courtly masque - a unique combination of music! dance! speech and elaborate costume - in early seventeenth-century England. The essays are written by experts on dance! music! visual spectacle and politics! all addressing the masque from the point of view of their speciality. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; 1. Introduction David Bevington and Peter Holbrook; 2. Courtly negotiations Martin Butler; 3. Upstaging the Queen: the Earl of Essex, Francis Bacon and the Accession Day celebrations of 1595 Paul E. J. Hammer; 4. Jacobean pacifism and Jacobean masques Peter Holbrook; 5. The gingerbread host: tradition and novelty in the Jacobean masque Tom Bishop; 6. Inventing the Stuart masque Leeds Barroll; 7. Marginal Jonson Stephen Orgel; 8. Jonson, the antimasque and the 'rules of flattery' Hugh Craig; 9. 'Rival traditions': civic and courtly ceremonies in Jacobean London Nancy E. Wright; 10. The Tempest and the Jacobean court masque David Bevington; 11.'Virgin wax' and 'hairy men-monsters': unstable movement codes in the Stuart masque Barbara Ravelhofer; 12. The politics of music in the masque David Lindley; 13. Milton's Comus and the politics of masquing Barbara K. Lewalski; 14. Valediction Leah S. Marcus; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Bevington, David Holbrook Bevington
• Mitarbeit: David Bevington (Herausgeber), Bevington David (Herausgeber), Peter Holbrook (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521031202
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03120-2
• Seiten: 352
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; English, Musicals, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Music of film and stage, Literary studies: plays and playwrights