Part One: Dance
1: Methodology
2: English and Continental Sources
3: Theatre Dances
4: Discipline or Pleasure?
Part Two: Costume
5: Masque Costumes
6: Colours and Lights: The Costume in Motion
7: Costume Conventions for Male and Female Masquers
Part Three: Case Studies
8: Two Jonsonian Court Masques
9: Historical Costume, Historical Dancing: Coelum Britannicum
10: Global Spectacle: An English Masque in Constantinople
Barbara Ravelhofer is a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Durham and a Research Associate of the Centre for History and Economics, King's College, Cambridge. She pursued her research at the Universities of Munich, Princeton, Bologna, and Cambridge, where she was a Junior Research Fellow in Renaissance Studies.
This attractively written book fills in so many of the gaps in our knowledge of the Stuart masque that it will be indispensable to scholars of the genre. The Seventeenth Century Well beyond previous work in the subtlety and rigor of its analysis. Kritikon fresh and enlightening... This study will be a necessary point of reference for anyone interested in the richness of the multimedia experience which was the Stuart Court Masque. Archiv fur das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen A worthy tribute ... a dazzling array of familiar and unfamiliar material. The Yearbook of English Studies Ravelhofer's research is both thorough and original ... she interlaces technical descriptions of dance moves with sensational, well-documented adventures ... well worth a reader's attention. H-Net Reviews a book of rare importance. Renaissance Quarterly Scrupulously researched...Ravelhofer offers a treasure trove of information that will remain an influential resource for years to come. Shakespeare Quarterly pioneering work ... an excellent study which promises to become standard literature on the court masque Shakespeare Jahrbuch ...an impressive and handsome book that makes a fine contribution to masque scholarship...[Ravelhofer] has done a fantastic job. The Review of English Studies, Vol. 57, No. 232 Ravelhofer's book enormously extends our knowledge of these fields, bringing new sources to bear, and valuably reading English sources within an international perspective. NTQ, Volume 23/3
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