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

Elizabeth B. Bearden

Published by University of Toronto Press 2012

The Emblematics of the Self

Ekphrasis and Identity in Renaissance Imitations of Ancient Greek Romance

Elizabeth B. Bearden

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442696143

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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.

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Bearden Elizabeth B. :

Elizabeth B. Bearden is an assistant professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Note on Editions, Translations, and Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Romance Globe: Why the Renaissance Repainted Greek Romance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Converso Convertida: Cross-Dressed Narration and Ekphrastic Interpretation in Leucippe and Clitophon and Clareo y Florisea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
3. Amazon Eyes and Shifting Emblems in Sidney’s Greek Arcadia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
4. Painting Counterfeit Canvases: Heliodoran Pictographs, American Lienzos, and European Imaginings of the Barbarian in Cervantes’s Persiles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
5. Pictura Locorum: Heliodoran Hieroglyphs and Anglo-African Identity in Barclay’s Argenis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
6. ‘We are all picturd in that Piece’: Lovers, Persians, Tartars, and the ‘Tottering’ Romance Globe in Lady Mary Wroth’s Urania Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 272
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Published: May 30, 2012
ISBN: 9781442696143