The emblematics of the self ekphrasis and identity in Renaissance imitations of Greek romance /
Bearden, Elizabeth B., 1975-
The emblematics of the self ekphrasis and identity in Renaissance imitations of Greek romance / Elizabeth B. Bearden. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2012). - 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations, digital file.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9781442696143
European literature--History and criticism.--Renaissance, 1450-1600
European literature--Greek influences.--Renaissance, 1450-1600
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Ekphrasis.
Electronic Books.
PN56 / .E435 2012 PN721
The emblematics of the self ekphrasis and identity in Renaissance imitations of Greek romance / Elizabeth B. Bearden. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2012). - 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations, digital file.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9781442696143
European literature--History and criticism.--Renaissance, 1450-1600
European literature--Greek influences.--Renaissance, 1450-1600
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Ekphrasis.
Electronic Books.
PN56 / .E435 2012 PN721