In the Head of the Worthiest Women”
Amazon Queens and Performing Heroines in Jacobean Court Masques
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16814809 |
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| Authors | Michele De Benedictis (Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-67 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender Studies (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1583-980X • E-ISSN: 2286-0134 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.2478/v10320-012-0028-3 |
| OpenAlex | W2053955082 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Queen Anne of Denmark’s role - as actress and patroness - in emancipating womanliness onstage by direct performance is strictly connected to the emerging trend of fashioning masques in the early Jacobean court. My paper will focus on the connection/contamination of this dramatic phenomenon with the current imagery of acting warlike heroines, conflicting Anne’s policy for entertainments with masculine and royal anxieties
Aesthetics · Amazon rainforest · Art · Biology · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Head (geology · Optics · Phenomenon · Queen (butterfly · Sociology · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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