Early Modern Exchanges by Helen Hackett - 9780367880101

Early Modern ExchangesDialogues Between Nations and Cultures, 1550-1750\nAuthor(s): Helen Hackett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367880101, 978-0367880101\nSynopsis\nMarcus Gheeraertss portrait of a Persian lady - probably in fact an English lady in masquing costume - exemplifies the hybridity of early modern English culture. Her surrounding landscape and the embroidery on her gown are typically English; but her head-dress and slippers are decidedly exotic, the inscriptions beside her are Latin, and her creator was an incomer artist. She is emblematic of the early modern culture of exchange, both between England and its neighbours, and between Europe and the wider world. This volume presents fresh research into such early modern exchanges, exploring how new identities, subjectivities and artefacts were forged in dialogues and encounters between diverse cultures, nations and language communities.\nThe early modt