Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Karim-Cooper, Farah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
1500-1699
Beauty, Personal, in literature.
Cosmetics > History.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Literary Studies.
Beauté corporelle dans la littérature.
Cosmétiques > Histoire.
Théâtre anglais > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Cosmetics.
English drama.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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