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Essex the cultural impact of an Elizabethan courtier
Title
Essex [electronic resource] : the cultural impact of an Elizabethan courtier / edited by Annaliese Connolly, Lisa Hopkins.
ISBN
9781526110992
9781526110985
9780719084942
9781784993542
Publication
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Copyright Notice Date
©2013
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 324 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
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Notes
Originally published in print form: 2013.
In-house editor: Matthew Frost.
Electronic reproduction. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2016. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
In English.
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Summary
This collection of new essays about the Second Earl of Essex, one of the most important figures of the Elizabethan court, resituates his life and career within the richly diverse contours of his cultural and political milieu. It identifies the ways in which his biography has been variously interpreted both during his own lifetime and since his death in 1601. Collectively, the essays examine a wealth of diverse visual and textual manifestations of Essex: poems, portraits, films; texts produced by Essex himself, including private letters, prose tracts, poems and entertainments; and the transmission and circulation of these as a means of disseminating his political views. As well as prising open long-held assumptions about the earl’s life, the authors provide a diachronic approach to the earl’s career, identifying crucial events such as the Irish campaign and the uprising, and re-evaluating their significance and critical reception. Collectively, the essays illuminate the reach and significance of the many roles played by the earl and the impact of his brief, dazzling life on his contemporaries and on those who came after, making this the first volume to offer a comprehensive critical overview of the Earl's life and influence.
Variant and related titles
Manchester Shakespeare.
Other formats
Also available in print form.
Print version: Connolly, Annaliese F.; Hopkins, Lisa. Essex: the cultural impact of an Elizabethan courtier, Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2013,
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 23, 2019
Series
Manchester Shakespeare collection
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience
Academics and students of early modern history, literature and religious studies.
Contents
Introduction I. Essex: patron and patronage
1. ‘Cleverly playing the stoic’: the Earl of Essex, Sir Philip Sidney and surviving Elizabeth’s court / Richard Wood
2. Essexianism and the work of Gervase Markham / Matthew Steggle
3. Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex, and the practice of theatre / Grace Ioppolo
4. Essex’s international agenda in 1595 and his device of the Indian prince / Linda Shenk
II. Self-fashioning
5. ‘Achilles alter’: the heroic lives and afterlives of Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex / Andrew Hiscock
6. ‘Bringing rebellion broached on his sword’: Essex and Ireland / Willy Maley and Chris Butler
7. Essex’s last campaign: the fall of the Earl of Essex and manuscript circulation / Andrew Gordon
8. ‘Idle papers’: an apology of the Earl of Essex / Hugh Gazzard
9. ‘Toucht with bolt of treason’: the Earl of Essex and Lady Penelope Rich / Chris Laoutaris
10. The Earl of Essex and ‘politic history’ / Alexandra Gajda
III. Afterlives
11. Prodigality and the Earl of Essex / Mary Partridge
12. The Earl of Essex and the Duke of Windsor: Elizabeth and Essex on film / Lisa Hopkins
Bibliography
Index.
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Manchester University Press, publisher.
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