Spectacular Performances: Essays on Theatre, Imagery, Books, and Selves in Early Modern England by Stephen Orgel

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

Stephen Orgel

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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 concepts of costume as high fashion a...

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