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Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 11 Ut Pictura Theatrum: The Dramatist's Ambivalent Muse 15 1. The Power of Images in Early Modern England: Prejudices Against and Defenses of Painting and Playing 29 2. John Lyly's Campaspe and the Subtle Eroticism of the Elizabethan Miniature 66 3. Dramatic Uses of Portrait Properties and Face-Painting in the Boys' Theater at St Paul's 98 4. Scandalous Counterfeiting: Iconophobia, Poison, and Painting in Arden of Faversham 130 5. "Stretch thine art": Painting Passions, Revenge, and the Painters Addition to The Spanish Tragedy 152 6. Images Lawful and Beguiling: Ambivalent Responses to Painting in Shakespeare's Drama 178 Notes 216 Bibliography 239 Index 253
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
Art and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Art and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Art.
Iconoclasm in literature.
Painting in literature.
Erotic art -- England.
Sex in literature.
Painting, English.