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Tassi  \nSusquehanna University Press  \nThe Scandal of Images  \nThe Apple-Zimmerman Series in Early Modern Culture Susquehanna University Press Editors: Phyllis Rackin, University of Pennsylvania  \nCarole Levin, University of Nebraska  \nThis interdisciplinary series will include books that examine a wide range of aesthetic works and moments in their original cultural milieu. This would include, for example, the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries as the products of the burgeoning theatrical industry, designed for the entertainment of heterogeneous audiences who lived in a rapidly changing world where politics, religion, national identity, and gender roles were all subjects of contestation and redefinition. We solicit manuscripts from fields including, but not limited to, literature, history, philosophy, religion, and political science, in order to enable a truly multifaceted understanding of the early modern period.  \nTitles in This Series  \nMarguerite A. Tassi, The Scandal of Images: Iconoclasm, Eroticism, and Painting in Early Modern English Drama  \nAnn. A. Hurley, John Donne’s Poetry and Early Modern Visual Culture  \nThe Scandal of Images  \nIconoclasm, Eroticism, and Painting in Early Modern English Drama  \nMarguerite A. Tassi  \nSelinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press  \n􀀁 2005 by Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp.  \nAll rights reserved. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, orthe internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by the copyright owner, provided that a base fee of $10 .00, plus eight cents per page, per copy is paid directly to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, Massachusetts 01923.  \n[1-57591-085-3/05 $10.00 + 8¢ pp, pc.]  \nAssociated University Presses  \n2010 Eastpark Boulevard  \nCranbury, NJ 08512  \nThe paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nTassi, Marguerite A., 1965–  \nThe scandal of images : iconoclasm, eroticism, and painting in early Modern English drama / Marguerite A. Tassi.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(The Apple-Zimmerman series in early modern culture) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 1-57591-085-3 (alk. paper)  \n1. English drama—Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500–1600—History and criticism. 2. Art and literature—England—History—16th century. 3. Art and literature—England—History—17th century. 4. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616—Knowledge—Art. 5. Iconoclasm in literature. 6. Painting in literature. 7. Erotic art—England. 8. Sex in literature. 9. Painting, English. I. Title. II. Series.  \nPR658 .A73T37 2005 822′.309357—dc22  \n2004017599  \nprinted in the united states of america  \nThis book is dedicated to my husband, Shaun, whose faith in my scholarship never waned, and to the memory of my father, Aldo Tassi, who inspired my love of theater and painting  \nHere is her picture . . . .  \nCome, shadow, come, and take this shadow up,  \nFor ’tis thy rival. O thou senseless form,  \nThou shalt be worshipp’d, kiss’d, lov’d, and ador’d;  \nAnd were there sense in his idolatry,  \nMy substance should be statue in thy stead.  \n—Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona  \nIn the Art called of Aristotle . . . Graphice, and in English paynting there be in this citie [London] cunning Maisters, for eyther shadowing, purtraying, counterfetting, tricking, paynting, enlumining, or lymming. But this is an Art now not accounted ingenuous or fit for a Gentleman, by reason that it is much fallen from the reputation, which it hadaunciently, which whether it bee for the unworthinesse or unskilfulnes of the persons exercising and practising it in this age, or for the abusesand deceipts used by Paynters, or for the scandall of Images and Idols (for the which Philo condemneth it) o","cbCailH0EdZnTymc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailH0EdZnTymc","pdf",1880716,260,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction\n## 1. The Power of Images in Early Modern England: Prejudices Against and Defenses of Painting and Playing\n## 2. John Lyly’s Campaspe and the Subtle Eroticism of the Elizabethan Miniature\n## 3. Dramatic Uses of Portrait Properties and Face-Painting in the Boys’ Theater at St. Paul’s\n## 4. Scandalous Counterfeiting: Iconophobia, Poison, and Painting in Arden of Faversham\n## 5. “Stretch thine art”: Painting Passions, Revenge, and the Painter Addition to The Spanish Tragedy\n## 6. Images Lawful and Beguiling: Ambivalent Responses to Painting in Shakespeare’s Drama\n## Notes\n## Bibliography\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What core themes does the book examine in early modern English drama?\",\"answer\":\"It examines iconoclasm, eroticism, and painting as they relate to theatrical representation and visual culture in early modern England.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book treat images as both powerful and controversial?\",\"answer\":\"It investigates prejudices against painting and playing alongside defenses, showing how images provoke ambivalent responses in drama.\"},{\"question\":\"Which plays and authors are highlighted in the chapter lineup?\",\"answer\":\"The contents point to case studies including John Lyly’s Campaspe, Arden of Faversham, The Spanish Tragedy, and Shakespeare’s drama, with attention to related theater practices.\"}]","The Scandal of Images - Iconoclasm, Eroticism, and Painting in Early Modern English Drama | PDF",1789986504,400,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":99},[100,104,107,111,116,121,126,131,136,139,142],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":105,"slug":106},80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":108,"show_sort_weight":109,"slug":110},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":112,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":113,"show_sort_weight":114,"slug":115},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":117,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":118,"show_sort_weight":119,"slug":120},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":122,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":123,"show_sort_weight":124,"slug":125},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":128,"show_sort_weight":129,"slug":130},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":132,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":133,"show_sort_weight":134,"slug":135},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":134,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":134,"slug":138},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":55,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":140,"show_sort_weight":55,"slug":141},"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":143,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":144,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":145},19,"General","general"]