Essex : the cultural impact of an Elizabethan courtier /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Description:	xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Essex, Robert Devereux, -- Earl of, -- 1565-1601. Essex, Robert Devereux, -- Earl of, -- 1565-1601. Favorites, Royal -- England -- Biography. Civilization. Courts and courtiers. Favorites, Royal. Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century. Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603. Great Britain -- Civilization -- 16th century. England. Great Britain. History Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9625068

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Other authors / contributors:	Connolly, Annaliese F. (Annaliese Frances), 1975- editor of compilation. Hopkins, Lisa, 1962- editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9780719084942 (hbk.) 0719084946 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
Introduction
Part I. Essex: patron and patronage
1. 'Cleverly playing the stoic': the Earl of Essex, Sir Philip Sidney and surviving Elizabeth's court
2. Essexianism and the work of Gervase Markham
3. Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and the practice of theatre
4. Essex's international agenda in 1595 and his device of the Indian Prince
Part II. Self-fashioning
5. 'Achilles alter': the heroic lives and afterlives of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
6. 'Bringing rebellion broached on his sword': Essex and Ireland
7. Essex's last campaign: the fall of the Earl of Essex and manuscript circulation
8. 'Idle papers': An Apology of the Earl of Essex
9. 'Toucht with bolt of Treason': the Earl of Essex and Lady Penelope Rich
10. The Earl of Essex and 'politic history'
Part III. Afterlives
11. Prodigality and the Earl of Essex
12. The Earl of Essex and the Duke of Windsor: Elizabeth and Essex on film
Select bibliography
Index

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