Spectacular performances;essays on theatre, imagery, books, and selves in e.

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 ess...

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Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: MANCHESTER : MANCHESTER UNIV Press, 2017.
Series:JSTOR EBA.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1vwmfw9