Dynamic matter transforming Renaissance objects / edited by Jennifer Linhart Wood.

Other author Wood, Jennifer Linhart.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Descriptionxiii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Portion of title Transforming Renaissance objects
SeriesCultural 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021059830
ISBN9780271092539 (hardback)