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Dynamic matter : transforming Renaissance objects / edited by Jennifer Linhart Wood. - 1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) : illustrations (black and white). - Cultural inquiries in English literature, 1400-1700 . - Cultural inquiries in English literature, 1400-1700. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : transformative materiality and Renaissance dynamics / Objects within/ "Farre fetched and deare bought" : the global cosmetic exchange between Elizabeth I, Melike Safiye Sultan, and the Kira Esperanza Malchi / Comb poems / Variable vestments and clothing conversions : piecing out the past in Tudor Exeter / Networking objects -- Bird-people, utopias, Arte plumaria : the influence of Native American feathers on Renaissance literature and culture / Needlework patterns on the move : traveling toward (re)incarnation / "Whose least part crackt, the whole does fly" : the explosive case of Prince Rupert's drops / Staging properties -- Traveling music and theatrics : Jemmy LaRoche's "Raree show" / Protean objects in William Percy's The aphrodysial or sea-feast / "I'll drown my book" : Prospero's Grimoire, adrift / Jennifer Linhart Wood -- without the body -- Josie Schoel -- Erika Mary Boeckeler -- Naomi Howell -- Edward McLean Test -- Anna Riehl Bertolet -- Abbie Weinberg -- Sarah F. Williams -- Maria Shmygol -- Emily E. F. Philbrick.

"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"--

ISBN: 9780271094120 0271094125 0271094117 9780271094113

Source: 22573/ctv31pw1nw JSTOR

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1500-1700

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Material culture in literature.
Material culture--History.--England
Materialism in literature.
Culture mat�erielle dans la litt�erature.
Culture mat�erielle--Histoire.--Angleterre
Mat�erialisme dans la litt�erature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
English literature--Early modern
Material culture
Material culture in literature
Materialism in literature

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

LC Class. No.: PR428.M38 / D96 2022eb

Dewey Class. No.: 820.9/003