Drama at the courts of Queen Henrietta Maria

Drama at the courts of Queen Henrietta Maria / Karen Britland.

Author/creator	Britland, Karen, 1970-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description	ix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669--Relations with courts and courtiers. Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669--Knowledge --Performing arts. English drama--17th century --History and criticism. Theater--Great Britain --History --17th century. English drama--French influences. Masques--History and criticism. Great Britain--Court and courtiers --History --17th century. Great Britain--History --Charles I, 1625-1649.

Contents	Sex and dancing : Henrietta Maria's wedding ballets -- Artenice : a new French fashion at the English court -- Foreign bodies : conflict and cooperation in the early masques -- Family affairs : Henrietta Maria and continental politics in 1631 -- Tempe restored : exile/dispossession/restitution -- 'It is my voyce' : the fashioning of a self in The shepherd's paradise -- 'Fate hath made thy reign her choice' : The temple of love (1635) -- Florimène : the author and the occasion -- Marie de Médicis and the last masques -- 'Tyer'd, in her banish'd dress' : Henrietta Maria in exile.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-284) and index.
LCCN	2005024411
ISBN	0521847974 (hardback)
ISBN	9780521847971

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR678.C7 B75 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold