Connolly / Unknown / Hopkins Essex

The cultural impact of an Elizabethan courtier
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1099-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

Collection of new essays about the earl of Essex, one of the most important figures of the Elizabethan court

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Connolly, Annaliese

Hopkins, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
I Essex: Patron and patronage
1. ‘Cleverly playing the stoic’: the Earl of Essex, Sir Philip Sidney and surviving Elizabeth’s court – Richard Wood
2. Essexianism and the work of Gervase Markham – Matthew Steggle
3. Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex, and the practice of theatre – Grace Ioppolo
4. Essex’s international agenda in 1595 and his device of the Indian prince – Linda Shenk
II Self-fashioning
5. ‘Achilles alter’: the heroic lives and afterlives of Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex – Andrew Hiscock
6. ‘Bringing rebellion broached on his sword’: Essex and Ireland – Willy Maley and Chris Butler
7. Essex’s last campaign: the fall of the Earl of Essex and manuscript circulation – Andrew Gordon
8. ‘Idle papers’: an apology of the Earl of Essex – Hugh Gazzard
9. ‘Toucht with bolt of treason’: the Earl of Essex and Lady Penelope Rich – Chris Laoutaris
10. The Earl of Essex and ‘politic history’ – Alexandra Gajda
III Afterlives
11. Prodigality and the Earl of Essex – Mary Partridge
12. The Earl of Essex and the Duke of Windsor: Elizabeth and Essex on film – Lisa Hopkins
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Connolly Annaliese:
Annaliese Connolly is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Sheffield Hallam UniversityHopkins Lisa:
Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam UniversityAnnaliese Connolly is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Sheffield Hallam University

Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University