
Politics, Transgression, and Representation at the Court of Charles II
Volume 18
Yale University Press
Published on 28. February 2008
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-300-11656-4 (ISBN)
Description
The return of Charles II to the English throne after eleven years of Interregnum heralded the beginning of a new era in which the court was characterized by the licentious behavior of the new king. Edited by the authors of the critically acclaimed Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II (2002), this book brings together ten distinguished scholars of history, literature, music, theatre, and art to explore the political and cultural implications of the court's transgressive new character. With particular reference to the perception and representation of women, it offers a varied examination of topics including popular prints and broadsheets; court masque; poetry and painted portraits; and the operation of women in the political sphere.
Published in association with the Yale Center for British Art and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Published in association with the Yale Center for British Art and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
3 b-w + 57 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-11656-4 (9780300116564)
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Persons
Catharine MacLeod is Seventeenth-Century Curator at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Julia Marciari Alexander is Associate Director for Exhibitions and Publications at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.