Masques of Difference: Four Court Masques

by Kristen McDermott and Ben Jonson

Book Overview

Masques of difference presents an annotated edition of four seventeenth-century entertainments written by Ben Jonson for the court of James I. These masques reflect both the confidence and the anxieties of the English aristocracy at a time when notions of monarchy, empire, and national identity were being radically redefined. All four masques reflect the royal court's self-representation as moral, orderly, and just, in contrast to stylised images...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071905754X
• ISBN13: 9780719057540
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.6"