{"product_id":"imagining-cleopatra-yasmin-arshad-9781350248878","title":"Imagining Cleopatra: Performing Gender and Power in Early Modern England","description":"\u003cp\u003eShakespeare's characterization of Cleopatra may dominate the collective consciousness, but he was only one of several 16th-century writers fascinated by the enigmatic queen of Egypt. Early modern conceptions of Cleopatra offer a rich, complex, and variable set of models for understanding the period's responses to race, female sovereignty, and classical antiquity. This interdisciplinary study investigates images of Cleopatra in the early modern period and examines how her story was mediated and used - from drawing lessons from history to being a symbol of female heroism. It draws on early historiographical works, political and philosophical treatises, coterie dramatic productions, and gender, race and performance studies, as well as evidence from material culture, to consider what was known and thought about Cleopatra in the period \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book provides a new literary and cultural history of one of the world's most contested and politically-charged iconic female figures. It combines a close reading of literary and dramatic works with historical and political contexts, paying particular attention to the three major early modern Cleopatra plays: Mary Sidney's translation of Robert Garnier's \u003ci\u003eMarc Antoine\u003c\/i\u003e, Samuel Daniel's \u003ci\u003eThe Tragedie of Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e, and Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e. By examining these conflicting historical and fictional identities, Yasmin Arshad offers a diverse and ground-breaking study of Cleopatra's 'infinite variety'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yasmin Arshad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350248878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350248878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arden Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Yasmin Arshad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457906192639,"sku":"9781350248878","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04e0459b-d75d-4a5c-bf0d-f409469fae70.jpg?v=1777401528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imagining-cleopatra-yasmin-arshad-9781350248878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}