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

• Autore: Bearden Elizabeth B. <1975->
• 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
• ISBN: 1-4426-9615-X; 1-4426-9614-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808078003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II