The Face of Queenship Early Modern Representations of Elizabeth I
The Face of Queenship investigates the aesthetic, political, and gender-related meanings in representations of Elizabeth I by her contemporaries. By attending to eyewitness reports, poetry, portraiture, and discourses on beauty and cosmetics, this book shows how the portrayals of the queen s face re...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2010.
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Colección: | Queenship and Power.
Springer eBooks. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b36212040*spi |
Sumario: | The Face of Queenship investigates the aesthetic, political, and gender-related meanings in representations of Elizabeth I by her contemporaries. By attending to eyewitness reports, poetry, portraiture, and discourses on beauty and cosmetics, this book shows how the portrayals of the queen s face register her contemporaries hopes, fears, hatreds, mockeries, rivalries, and awe. In its application of theories of the meaning of the face and its exploration of the early modern representation and interpretation of faces, this study argues that the face was seen as a rhetorical tool and that Elizabeth was a master of using her face to persuade, threaten, or comfort her subjects. |
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Descripción Física: | XVII, 248 p. 14 illus |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780230106741 |