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The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music.

Publication: Yearbook of English Studies
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music. By Barbara Ravelhofer. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 61 [pounds sterling]. 2006. xvi + 317 pp. isbn: 978-0-19-928659-1.

A bland title for a lively, well-documented study. The ambitious task Barbara Ravelhofer undertakes is to illuminate the performative aspects of early Stuart masques, especially dance, despite the paucity of direct evidence. The strength derives from Ravelhofer's carefully weighed judgements on the relevance of the evidence. For example, having given a clear account of the 'Old Measures' of Tudor dancing, she acknowledges the much looser meaning of the...

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