TY - GEN T1 - Spectacular performances;essays on theatre, imagery, books, and selves in e. T2 - JSTOR EBA. LA - English PP - MANCHESTER PB - MANCHESTER UNIV Press YR - 2017 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1007407825 AB - 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? How do the concept of costume as high fashion and as self-fashioning, as disguise and as the very essence of theatre, relate to one other? How do portraits of poets help make the author readers want, and why should books, the embodiment of the word, be illustrated at all? What conventions connect image to text, and what impulses generated the great art collections of the early seventeenth century?I. CN - PN2581 .O74 2011eb SN - 152613053X SN - 9781526130532 KW - Performing arts : England : History : 16th century. KW - Performing arts : England : History : 17th century. KW - Theater : England : History : 16th century. KW - Theater : England : History : 17th century. KW - England : Civilization : 16th century. KW - England : Civilization : 17th century. KW - England : Social life and customs : 16th century. KW - England : Social life and customs : 17th century. KW - Arts du spectacle : Angleterre : Histoire : 16e siècle. KW - Arts du spectacle : Angleterre : Histoire : 17e siècle. KW - Théâtre : Angleterre : Histoire : 16e siècle. KW - Théâtre : Angleterre : Histoire : 17e siècle. KW - Angleterre : Civilisation : 16e siècle. KW - Angleterre : Civilisation : 17e siècle. KW - Angleterre : Mœurs et coutumes : 16e siècle. KW - Angleterre : Mœurs et coutumes : 17e siècle. KW - HISTORY : Europe : Great Britain. KW - Civilization KW - Manners and customs KW - Performing arts KW - Theater KW - England KW - 1500-1699 KW - History ER -