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Masques of difference' presents an annotated edition of four seventeenth-century entertainments written by Ben Jonson, which reflect the royal court’s self-representation as moral and just, in contrast to stylised images of chaotically (and exotically) 'othered' groups: Africans, the Irish, witches, and the homoeroticised figure of the Gypsy.

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Introduction
The Masque of Blackness
The Masque of Queens
The Irish Masque at Court
The Masque of the Gypsies Metamorphosed
Appendix 1: Masquers in Blackness
Appendix 2: Masquers in Queens
Appendix 3: Irish Masque Translation

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 11/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719057540, 978-0719057540
      ISBN10: 071905754X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Masques of difference' presents an annotated edition of four seventeenth-century entertainments written by Ben Jonson, which reflect the royal court’s self-representation as moral and just, in contrast to stylised images of chaotically (and exotically) 'othered' groups: Africans, the Irish, witches, and the homoeroticised figure of the Gypsy.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      The Masque of Blackness
      The Masque of Queens
      The Irish Masque at Court
      The Masque of the Gypsies Metamorphosed
      Appendix 1: Masquers in Blackness
      Appendix 2: Masquers in Queens
      Appendix 3: Irish Masque Translation

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