TUDORISM by Tatiana C. String (Editor), Marcus Bull (Editor) ( 9780197264942 )

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Title:

TUDORISM
HISTORICAL IMAGINATION AND THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

By:

Tatiana C. String (Editor), Marcus Bull (Editor)

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Hardback

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0197264948

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9780197264942

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 December, 2011

Series:

Proceedings of the British Academy 170

Pages:

350

Description:

In architecture, music and literature, in paintings, films and television series, in print and on the internet, the Tudors are a hugely popular commodity. This volume is the first to study this phenomenon in depth, assembling foremost scholars in multiple fields to examine why the Tudors still make such an impact.

Synopsis:

The first in-depth and wide-ranging academic investigation of the reception of the Tudor period in the modern world, this volume includes studies by many of the leading scholars in their fields, and considers the modern appropriation of the Tudors in art, music, architecture, design, religion, public history, social history, film and television, and internet networking sites. A noteworthy scholarly trend in recent decades has been a growing interest in the ways in which societies utilise the past as a cultural resource, as a repertoire of quotable designs and styles, as a vantage point from which to frame political and social critiques, as a source of identities, and as a refuge from present-day anxieties. There has been a great deal of academic interest, for example, in the reception of the ancient world in modern Western culture. Likewise, a growing body of scholarship is devoted to the study of medievalism, the images and ideas that attach to the Middle Ages in the post-medieval imaginary.It is striking that, in stark contrast, very little attention has been paid to the cultural appropriation of the Tudor age, despite the pronounced and enduring popularity of the Tudors within the popular historical consciousness, not only in Britain but also in many other countries. Indeed, the Tudors supply many of the signature icons of Britishness and the British monarchy around the world. This innovative volume will open up a new area of study and set the scholarly agenda for many years to come.

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52 illustrations

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Oxford University Press

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