Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama /

Revised and updated critical survey of the field of cosmetics and adornment studiesThis revised edition examines how the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries dramatise the Renaissance preoccupation with cosmetics. Farah Karim-Cooper explores the then-contentious issue of female beauty and ide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Karim-Cooper, Farah (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	1500-1699 Beauty, Personal, in literature. Cosmetics > History. English drama > 17th century > History and criticism. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism. Literary Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Beauty, Personal, in literature Cosmetics English drama English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
Online Access:	Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Defining Beauty in Renaissance Culture
Chapter 2 Early Modern Cosmetic Culture
Chapter 3 Cosmetic Restoration in Jacobean Tragedy
Chapter 4 John Webster and the Culture of Cosmetics
Chapter 5 Jonson's Cosmetic Ritual
Chapter 6 Cosmetics and Poetics in Shakespearean Comedy
Chapter 7 'Deceived with ornament': Shakespeare's Venice
Chapter 8 'Flattering Unction': Cosmetics in Hamlet
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama /

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