Dynamic matter transforming Renaissance objects / edited by Jennifer Linhart Wood.
| Other author | Wood, Jennifer Linhart. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xiii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Transforming Renaissance objects |
| Series | Cultural inquiries in English literature, 1400-1700 Cultural inquiries in English literature, 1400-1700. ^A1399017 |
| Contents | Introduction : transformative materiality and Renaissance dynamics / Jennifer Linhart Wood -- "Farre fetched and deare bought" : the global cosmetic exchange between Elizabeth I, Melike Safiye Sultan, and the Kira Esperanza Malchi / Josie Schoel -- Comb poems / Erika Mary Boeckeler -- Variable vestments and clothing conversions : piecing out the past in Tudor Exeter / Naomi Howell -- Bird-people, utopias, Arte plumaria : the influence of Native American feathers on Renaissance literature and culture / Edward McLean Test -- Needlework patterns on the move : traveling toward (re)incarnation / Anna Riehl Bertolet -- "Whose least part crackt, the whole does fly" : the explosive case of Prince Rupert's drops / Abbie Weinberg -- Traveling music and theatrics : Jemmy LaRoche's "Raree show" / Sarah F. Williams -- Protean objects in William Percy's The aphrodysial or sea-feast / Maria Shmygol -- "I'll drown my book" : Prospero's Grimoire, adrift / Emily E. F. Philbrick. |
| Abstract | "Investigates the life histories of Renaissance objects as they experience transformations, and demonstrates these objects' dynamic potential to transform their environments and others as they journey through time and space"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021059830 |
| ISBN | 9780271092539 (hardback) |