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Drama at the courts of Queen Henrietta Maria / Karen Britland.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Britland, Karen, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669.
- English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669--Relations with courts and courtiers.
- Henrietta Maria.
- Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669--Knowledge and learning--Performing arts.
- Performing arts.
- English drama--French influences.
- Relations with courts and courtiers.
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--17th century.
- Great Britain.
- Courts and courtiers.
- History.
- Theater--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Theater.
- Great Britain--History--Charles I, 1625-1649.
- Masques--History and criticism.
- Masques.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Drama at the Courts of Queen Henrietta Maria considers Queen Henrietta Maria's patronage of drama in England in the light of her French heritage. Karen Britland challenges the common view of Henrietta Maria as a meddlesome and frivolous woman whose actions contributed to the outbreak of the English civil wars by showing how she was consistent in her allegiances to her family and friends, and how her cultural and political positions were reflected in the plays and court masques she sponsored. Unlike previous studies, this book considers the queen's upbringing at the French court and her later exile in France during the English civil wars, and is therefore able to challenge received notions about her activities in England during the 1630s. Karen Britland employs innovative research by combining discussions of literary texts with historical and archival research and discussions of art, architecture and music.
- Contents:
- Sex and dancing : Henrietta Maria's wedding ballets
- Artenice : a new French fashion at the English court
- Foreign bodies : conflict and cooperation in the early masques
- Family affairs : Henrietta Maria and continental politics in 1631
- Tempe restored : exile/dispossession/restitution
- 'It is my voyce' : the fashioning of a self in The shepherd's paradise
- 'Fate hath made thy reign her choice' : The temple of love (1635)
- Florimène : the author and the occasion
- Marie de Médicis and the last masques
- 'Tyer'd, in her banish'd dress' : Henrietta Maria in exile.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-284) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0521847974
- OCLC:
- 61362109
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521847971
- Online:
- Publisher description
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