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Anna of Denmark, Queen of England: A Cultural Biography
Leeds Barroll
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Hardback. This cultural biography rescues Queen Anna from the shadow of King James I, arguing that she sponsored many of the artistic endeavors at court in the innovative Jacobean period (e.g., the extravagant drama known as the masque) in her role as early modern queen consort. Leeds Barroll also delves into her relationship with Catholicism. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 552.
In the well-entrenched critical view of the Jacobean period, James I is credited with the flowering of culture in the early years of the seventeenth century. His queen, Anna of Denmark, is seen as a shadowy figure at best, a capricious and shallow one at worst. But Leeds Barroll makes a well-documented case that it was Anna who, for her own purposes, developed an alternative court and sponsored many of the other artistic ventures in one of the most productive and innovative periods of English cultural history. Married at seventeen, Anna soon became a shrewd ... Read more
In the well-entrenched critical view of the Jacobean period, James I is credited with the flowering of culture in the early years of the seventeenth century. His queen, Anna of Denmark, is seen as a shadowy figure at best, a capricious and shallow one at worst. But Leeds Barroll makes a well-documented case that it was Anna who, for her own purposes, developed an alternative court and sponsored many of the other artistic ventures in one of the most productive and innovative periods of English cultural history. Married at seventeen, Anna soon became a shrewd ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Series
New Cultural Studies
Condition
New
Weight
551g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812235746
SKU
V9780812235746
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About Leeds Barroll
Leeds Barroll is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Reviews for Anna of Denmark, Queen of England: A Cultural Biography
The scholarship is impeccable, the argument new, and the case convincing. I am tempted to think that Barroll has here in effect invented a genre of 'cultural biography.' -Catherine Belsey