History, fiction, and the Tudors : sex, politcs, power, and artistic license in the Showtime television series /: sex, politcs, power, and artistic license in the Showtime television series. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by William B. Robison.
• Editors: Robison, William Baxter, 1954-
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Notes; Chapter 2: Henry VIII in The Tudors: Romantic Renaissance Warrior or Soap Opera Playboy?; Notes; Chapter 3: Catherine of Aragon in The Tudors: Dark Hair, Devotion, and Dignity in Despair; Notes; Chapter 4: The Tudors, Natalie Dormer, and Our "Default" Anne Boleyn; Historical Fiction as Cultural Conversation; Our Default Anne; Natalie Dormer's Anne; Winning Sympathy for the (She) Devil; Notes; Chapter 5: The Last Four Queens of Henry VIII in The Tudors; Notes; Chapter 6: The Significance of the King's Children in The Tudors Mary: Henry's First Heir: Brave, Pious, and CharismaticHenry Fitzroy: A Bastard Who Plays the Role of Prince; Elizabeth: Disappointment, Bastard, Discreet Young Princess, and Future Queen; Edward: The Promised and Special Son, the Hope for the Future; Henry and His Children; Notes; Chapter 7: The King's Sister(s), Mistresses, Bastard(s), and "Uncle" in The Tudors; Notes; Chapter 8: The King's In-Laws in The Tudors; Notes; Chapter 9: The King's Friends in The Tudors; Notes; Chapter 10: Postmodern and Conservative: The King's Ministers in The Tudors; Notes Chapter 11: A Cardboard Crown: Kingship in The TudorsNotes; Chapter 12: The Tudors and the Tudor Court: Know Your Symptom; Producing the Tudor Court; The Fall of Anne Boleyn; The Court as a Screen for Masculinity; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 13: "The Dyer's Hands Are Always Stained": Religion and the Clergy in The Tudors; Notes; Chapter 14: Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy: Conspiracy and Rebellion in The Tudors; Notes; Chapter 15: Crime, Punishment, and Violence in The Tudors; Notes; Chapter 16: Humanism and Humanitarianism in The Tudors; Notes Chapter 17: All That Glitters is (Fool's) Gold: Depictions of Court Entertainment in The TudorsConclusion; Notes; Chapter 18: Holbein and the Artistic Mise-en-Scène of The Tudors; Notes; Chapter 19: Fashionable Fiction: The Significance of Costumes in The Tudors; Introduction; Clothes and Costumes; Creating a Tudor Wardrobe; Purpose and Function; Clothes or Costumes; Case Studies; Henry VIII: Clothes and Kingship; Queenship: The Significance of Being the King's Consort; Royal Heirs-The Significance of Family; Conclusions; Notes Chapter 20: Putting Women in Their Place: Gender, Sex, and Rape in The TudorsNotes; Chapter 21: Incomplete Prescription: Maladies and Medicine in The Tudors; Notes; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 384 pages)
• Subjects: 791.457; History; Historical television programs -- History and criticism; PERFORMING ARTS / Reference; Historical television programs; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Political Science -- History & Theory; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Gender studies, gender groups; Political science & theory; Films, cinema; Sociology; World politics; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; British & Irish history; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603; Great Britain; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137438836; 1137438835
• Related ISBNs: 9781137438812; 1137438819
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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