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1 online resource (264 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Cupid became a popular figure in the literary and visual culture of post-Reformation England. He served to articulate and debate the new Protestant theory of desire, inspiring a dark version of love tragedy in which Cupid kills. But he was also implicated in other controversies, as the object of idolatrous, Catholic worship and as an adversary to female rule: Elizabeth I's encounters with Cupid were a crucial feature of her image-construction and changed subtly throughout her reign. Covering a wide variety of material such as paintings, emblems and jewellery, but focusing mainly on poetry and drama, including works by Sidney, Shakespeare, Marlowe and Spenser, Kingsley-Smith illuminates the Protestant struggle to categorise and control desire and the ways in which Cupid disrupted this process. An original perspective on early modern desire, the book will appeal to anyone interested in the literature, drama, gender politics and art history of the English Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Cupid, art and idolatry -- 2. Cupid, death and tragedy -- 3. Cupid, chastity and rebellious women -- 4. Cupid and the boy: the pleasure and pain of boy-love -- 5. 'Cupid and Psyche': the return of the sacred? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Desire in literature.
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Desire in literature. |
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Cupid (Roman deity) -- In literature.
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Love in literature.
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Love in literature. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Art in literature.
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Art in literature. |
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Iconoclasm in literature.
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Iconoclasm in literature. |
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Iconoclasm -- England -- 16th century.
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Iconoclasm. |
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England. |
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16th century |
| Subject |
Art and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Art and literature. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1700 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kingsley-Smith, Jane, 1973- Cupid in early modern literature and culture. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521767613 (DLC) 2010033345 (OCoLC)617495429 |
| ISBN |
9780511902215 (electronic book) |
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0511902212 (electronic book) |
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9780521767613 (Cloth) |
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052176761X (Cloth) |
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9780511799068 |
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0511799063 |
| Standard No. |
9786612770715 |
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40018633401 |
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