Power and Portraiture in Early Modern Literature

IF 0.2 3区文学 Q2 Arts and Humanities

STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 Pub Date : 2019-03-02 DOI:10.1353/SEL.2019.0000

A. Kellogg

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Abstract

Abstract:In early modern England, literary representations of miniatures as tools to express either desire or authority correlate with the use of miniatures at Court, where Queen Elizabeth I and her courtiers invested the small, jeweled portraits with emotional and social value. Examining the use of miniatures in Philip Sidney's The New Arcadia and Shakespeare's comedies Twelfth Night and The Merchant of Venice, this article argues that the literary examples of portraiture in use, which were inspired by the unique circumstances of Elizabeth's reign, suggest that portraiture was one means for aristocratic individuals to express themselves and exert agency, significantly, regardless of gender.

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近代早期文学中的权力与肖像

摘要:在近代早期的英国，作为表达欲望或权威的工具，缩微画的文学表现与宫廷中缩微画的使用有关，女王伊丽莎白一世和她的朝臣赋予这些小巧的珠宝肖像以情感和社会价值。通过研究菲利普·西德尼的《新阿卡迪亚》和莎士比亚的喜剧《第十二夜》和《威尼斯商人》中使用的微缩画，本文认为，受到伊丽莎白统治时期独特环境的启发，使用肖像的文学例子表明，肖像是贵族个人表达自己和发挥代理作用的一种手段，无论性别如何。

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STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES-

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期刊介绍： SEL focuses on four fields of British literature in rotating, quarterly issues: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century. The editors select learned, readable papers that contribute significantly to the understanding of British literature from 1500 to 1900. SEL is well known for thecommissioned omnibus review of recent studies in the field that is included in each issue. In a single volume, readers might find an argument for attributing a previously unknown work to Shakespeare or de-attributing a famous work from Milton, a study ofthe connections between class and genre in the Restoration Theater.