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Scholar Skiles Howard examines the social and semiotic complexities of dance in Renaissance England as it changed over time and performed different work in court, city, and playhouse. Interdisciplinary in its approach, this well-researched study explores issues of power and the body, gender and rank, popular culture and European expansion. 20 illustrations.
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The Politics of Courtly Dancing in Early Modern England Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture
author
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Howard, Skiles.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
:
1558491449
print isbn13
:
9781558491441
ebook isbn13
:
9780585083674
language
:
English
subject
Dance--England--History--16th century, Dance--England--History--17th century, Dance--Social aspects--England--History--16th century, Dance--Social aspects--England--History--17th century, Dance in literature--History--16th century, Dance in literature--Hi
publication date
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1998
lcc
:
GV1646.E6H69 1998eb
ddc
:
394/.3
subject
:
Dance--England--History--16th century, Dance--England--History--17th century, Dance--Social aspects--England--History--16th century, Dance--Social aspects--England--History--17th century, Dance in literature--History--16th century, Dance in literature--Hi
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The Politics of Courtly Dancing in Early Modern England
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A volume in the series
Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture Edited by Arthur F. Kinney
Editorial Board A. R. Braunmuller, Donald Foster, Jean E. Howard, John Pitcher, Anne Lake Prescott, David Harris Sacks, R. Malcolm Smuts, Jenny Wormald
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The Politics of Courtly Dancing in Early Modern England
Skiles Howard
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS Amherst
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Copyright 1998 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 97-32623 ISBN 1-55849-144-9 Designed by Sally Nichols Set in Garamond No. 3 by Graphic Composition, Inc. Printed and bound by Braun-Brumfield, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Howard, Skiles. The politics of courtly dancing in early modern England / Skiles Howard. p. cm. (Massachusetts studies in early modern culture) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 1-55849-144-9 (alk. paper) 1. DanceEnglandHistory16th century. 2. DanceEnglandHistory 17th century. 3. DanceSocial aspectsEnglandHistory16th century. 4. DanceSocial aspectsEnglandHistory17th century. 5. Dance in literatureHistory16th century. 6. Dance in literatureHistory17th century. I. Title. II. Series.
GV1646.E6H69 1998 394'.3dc21 97-32623 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
Page v
For Rudi
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
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One. Ascending the Rich Mount: Performing Rank and Gender in Henrician Masque
26
Two. Imitating the Stars Celestial: Rival Discourses of Dancing in Early Modern England
46
Three. Hands, Feet, and Bottoms: Decentering the Cosmic Dance in Shakespeare's Comedies
69
Four. The Nervy Limbs of Elizabeth Cary: Resisting Containment
93
Five. Rehearsing for Empire: Dancing in the Early Jonsonian Masque
110
Six. Mischiefs Masking in Expected Pleasures: Anti-Courtly Dancing in Two Plays by Thomas Middleton
133
Notes
159
Bibliography
199
Index
217
Page ix
Illustrations
1. Court and Country Dancers. J. Th. DeBry, after H. S. Beham, sixteenth century.
1
2. The elite retreat. Flemish Calendar, early sixteenth century.
7
3. Round. French Book of Hours, c. 1445.
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4. Round. Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calendar. 1581.
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5. Round and Farandole. "Dance Scene in a Public Square." French Book of Hours, c. 1473.
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6. Morris Dance. Sixteenth century.
12
7. Carole. La Remde de Fortune, fourteenth century.
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