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The emblematics of the self : ekphrasis and identity in Renaissance imitations of Greek romance / / Elizabeth B. Bearden



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Autore: Bearden Elizabeth B. <1975-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The emblematics of the self : ekphrasis and identity in Renaissance imitations of Greek romance / / Elizabeth B. Bearden Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012
©2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina: 809.031
Soggetto topico: European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism
European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - Greek influences
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
Ekphrasis
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The emblematics of the self  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4426-9615-X
1-4426-9614-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808078003321
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