Spectacular Performances - Essays on Theatre, Imagery, Books, and Selves in Early Modern England

Klappentext Why did Queen Elizabeth I compare herself with her disastrous ancestor Richard II? Why would Ben Jonson transform Queen Anne and her ladies into Amazons as entertainment for the pacifist King James? This title includes essays that deal with Shakespeare! Jonson and Milton! with Renaissance magic and Renaissance costume. Zusammenfassung Why did Queen Elizabeth I compare herself with her disastrous ancestor Richard II? Why would Ben Jonson transform Queen Anne and her ladies into Amazons as entertainment for the pacifist King James? This title includes essays that deal with Shakespeare! Jonson and Milton! with Renaissance magic and Renaissance costume.

Info autore

Stephen Orgel is J. E. Reynolds Professor in the Humanities, Stanford University

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen Orgel, Orgel Stephen
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780719081682
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8168-2
• Pagine: 304
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie