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Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama

Penned By Farah Karim-Cooper
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Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama

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This original study examines how the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries dramatise the cultural preoccupation with cosmetics. Farah Karim-Cooper analyses contemporary tracts that address the then contentious issue of cosmetic practice and identifies a culture of cosmetics, which finds its visual identity on the Renaissance stage. She also examines cosmetic recipes and their relationship to drama as well as to the construction of early modern identities.

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Length 221 Pages
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Released January 1, 2006
Identifier (ISBN) 16813186
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Farah Karim-Cooper is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Farah Karim-Cooper enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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