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Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama /

Revised and updated critical survey of the field of cosmetics and adornment studiesThis revised edition examines how the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries dramatise the Renaissance preoccupation with cosmetics. Farah Karim-Cooper explores the then-contentious issue of female beauty and ide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karim-Cooper, Farah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Defining Beauty in Renaissance Culture
  • Chapter 2 Early Modern Cosmetic Culture
  • Chapter 3 Cosmetic Restoration in Jacobean Tragedy
  • Chapter 4 John Webster and the Culture of Cosmetics
  • Chapter 5 Jonson's Cosmetic Ritual
  • Chapter 6 Cosmetics and Poetics in Shakespearean Comedy
  • Chapter 7 'Deceived with ornament': Shakespeare's Venice
  • Chapter 8 'Flattering Unction': Cosmetics in Hamlet
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index