Emilia by Shakespeare's Globe (review)

In Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (1611), Emilia Lanier reshaped a number of poetic genres to place women at their heart, dedicating the work to Queen Anne and the great women patrons of her day and then envisioning religious and country house poetry through a feminist lens. On the balcony was a huge circ...

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Published in:Shakespeare bulletin 2018-12, Vol.36 (4), p.703-707
Main Author: Rycroft, Eleanor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clifford, Anne
Daughters
Feminism
Lanier, Emilia
Malcolm, Lloyd
Patriarchy
Patronage
Poetry
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Terry, Michelle
Theater
Women
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Summary:In Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (1611), Emilia Lanier reshaped a number of poetic genres to place women at their heart, dedicating the work to Queen Anne and the great women patrons of her day and then envisioning religious and country house poetry through a feminist lens. On the balcony was a huge circular wooden bookcase of red spines in which Emilia's Muses sat in the first scene; her own "Wooden O." The idea, too, was simple—a dramatization of the life of Emilia Bassano, later Lanier. Yet Emilia was excluded from the stage at key points herself, notably when she found Shakespeare's Emilia speaking her words, and had to storm the scene to reclaim them, recolonizing both space and speech.
ISSN:0748-2558
1931-1427
1931-1427
DOI:10.1353/shb.2018.0066