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The Emblematics of the Self
Ekphrasis and Identity in Renaissance Imitations of Ancient Greek Romance
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The Emblematics of the Self
Ekphrasis and Identity in Renaissance Imitations of Ancient Greek Romance
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The Emblematics of the Self breaks new ground in understanding hegemonic and cosmopolitan European conceptions of the 'other, ' as well as new possibilities for early modern identities, in an increasingly global Renaissance.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Editions, Translations, and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Romance Globe: Why the Renaissance Repainted Greek Romance
- 2. Converso Convertida: Cross-Dressed Narration and Ekphrastic Interpretation in Leucippe and Clitophon and Clareo y Florisea
- 3. Amazon Eyes and Shifting Emblems in Sidneyâs Greek Arcadia
- 4. Painting Counterfeit Canvases: Heliodoran Pictographs, American Lienzos, and European Imaginings of the Barbarian in Cervantesâs Persiles
- 5. Pictura Locorum: Heliodoran Hieroglyphs and Anglo-African Identity in Barclayâs Argenis
- 6. âWe are all picturd in that Pieceâ: Lovers, Persians, Tartars, and the âTotteringâ Romance Globe in Lady Mary Wrothâs Urania
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index