Women and culture at the courts of the Stuart Queens / edited by Clare McManus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McManus, Clare.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Women and literature.

Women.

History.

Great Britain.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

English literature--Women authors.

Women--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Masques--History and criticism.

Masques.

Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--17th century.

Courts and courtiers.

Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714.

Great Britain--Civilization--17th century.

Civilization.

Queens--Great Britain--Biography.

Queens.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Did the Stuart queens create their own courts, and can these courts shed new light on women's poetry, drama and performance? This book investigates the literature, theater, patronage and commissioning of the courts of Anna of Denmark (1603-19) and Henrietta Maria (1625-42). Unearthing the neglected history of the Stuart queens, these essays look afresh at the early modern European female elite to create a new picture of femininity for students and scholars of early modern culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1403902607

OCLC:

52358328

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