Title Cupid in early modern literature and culture / Jane Kingsley-Smith

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (264 pages) Contents 1. Cupid, art and idolatry -- 2. Cupid, death and tragedy -- 3. Cupid, chastity and rebellious women -- 4. Cupid and the boy: the pleasure and pain of boy-love -- 5. 'Cupid and Psyche': the return of the sacred? Summary "Cupid became a popular figure in the literary and visual culture of post-Reformation England. He served to articulate and debate the new Protestant theory of desire, inspiring a dark version of love tragedy in which Cupid kills. But he was also implicated in other controversies, as the object of idolatrous, Catholic worship and as an adversary to female rule: Elizabeth I's encounters with Cupid were a crucial feature of her image-construction and changed subtly throughout her reign. Covering a wide variety of material such as paintings, emblems and jewellery, but focusing mainly on poetry and drama, including works by Sidney, Shakespeare, Marlowe and Spenser, Kingsley-Smith illuminates the Protestant struggle to categorise and control desire and the ways in which Cupid disrupted this process. An original perspective on early modern desire, the book will appeal to anyone interested in the literature, drama, gender politics and art history of the English Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Cupid (Roman deity) fast Cupido Gott gnd Cupido -- Motiv -- Englische Literatur. idsbb Eros Gott. idszbz Cupido. swd Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Desire in literature. Cupid (Roman deity) in literature Love in literature. Sex role in literature. Art in literature. Iconoclasm in literature. Iconoclasm -- England -- 16th century Art and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Art and literature Art in literature Desire in literature English literature -- Early modern Iconoclasm Iconoclasm in literature Literature Love in literature Sex role in literature Englisch Liebe Motiv Literatur Englische Literatur -- Motiv -- Cupido. Literatur. Kunst. Englisch. Motiv (Literatur) Motiv (Kunst) Engelsk litteratur -- historia -- 1500-talet -- 1600-talet. Könsroller i litteraturen. Ikonoklasm -- historia -- England -- 1500-talet. Kärlek i litteraturen. Begär i litteraturen. England England. Englisch. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511902215 0511902212 9780521767613 052176761X 9780511799068 0511799063

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