The Emblematics of the Self : Ekphrasis and Identity in Renaissance Imitations of Ancient Greek Romance /

The Emblematics of the Self breaks new ground in understanding hegemonic and cosmopolitan European conceptions of the "other," as well as new possibilities for early modern identities, in an increasingly global Renaissance.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bearden, Elizabeth B., 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2012
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
European literature > Renaissance.
Ekphrasis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
ekphrasis.
Identite dans la litterature.
Litterature europeenne > 1450-1600 (Renaissance) > Influence grecque.
Litterature europeenne > 1450-1600 (Renaissance) > Histoire et critique.
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > Greek influences.
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter One The Romance Globe: Why the Renaissance Repainted Greek Romance
  • Chapter Two Converso Convertida: Cross-dressed Narration and Ekphrastic Interpretation in Leucippe and Clitophon and Clareo y Florisea
  • Chapter Three Amazon Eyes and Shifting Emblems in Sidney's Greek Arcadia
  • Chapter Four Painting Counterfeit Canvases: Heliodoran Pictographs, American Lienzos, and European Imaginings of the Barbarian in Cervantes' Persiles
  • Chapter Five Pictura Locorum: Heliodoran Hieroglyphs and Anglo-African Identity in Barclay's Argenis
  • Chapter Six "We are all picturd in that Piece": Lovers, Persians, Tartars, and the "Tottering" Romance Globe in Lady Mary Wroth's Urania
  • Conclusions.

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