{"product_id":"staging-britains-past-9781350232822","title":"Staging Britains Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStaging Britain''s Past\u003c\/i\u003e is the first study of the early modern performance of Britain''s pre-Roman history. The mythic history of the founding of Britain by the Trojan exile Brute and the subsequent reign of his descendants was performed through texts such as Norton and Sackville's \u003ci\u003eGorboduc\u003c\/i\u003e, Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eKing Lear \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCymbeline,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as civic pageants, court masques and royal entries such as Elizabeth I's 1578 entry to Norwich. Gilchrist argues for the power of performed history to shape early modern conceptions of the past, ancestry, and national destiny, and demonstrates how the erosion of the Brutan histories  marks a transformation in English self-understanding and identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen published in 1608, Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eKing Lear \u003c\/i\u003eclaimed to be a True Chronicle History. Lear was said to have ruled Britain centuries before the Romans, a descendant of the mighty Trojan Brute who had conquered Britain and slaughtered its barbaric giants. But thi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations Acknowledgements Note on texts  Introduction  Chapter One: Geoffrey of Monmouth and Etiological Erosion  Chapter Two: Staging Brutan Origins (1486–1600)  Chapter Three: Reading Brutan Erosion (1604–1608)  Chapter Four: The Diminution of Brutan Time (1610–1637)  Conclusions Works Cited Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019642274135,"sku":"9781350232822","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350232822.jpg?v=1750780883","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/staging-britains-past-9781350232822","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}