'Sisters of Magdalene: Women's Mourning in Aemilia Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum'

Patricia Phillippy

doi:10.1111/j.1475-6757.2001.tb01183.x

'Sisters of Magdalene: Women's Mourning in Aemilia Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum'

Patricia Phillippy

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This article offers a close reading of Lanyer's poem of the passion, set within the context of material practices of painting and cosmetic usage. I argue that Lanyer negotiates post-Reformation associations between painting and idolatry in order to appropriate women's visual representations--including the decoration of their physical bodies--toward a redemptive portrayal of Christian women's service and submission to Christ.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	78-106
Number of pages	28
Journal	ELR: English Literary Renaissance
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6757.2001.tb01183.x
Publication status	Published - 2001

Keywords

Aemilia Lanyer
early modern lyric poetry
Visual culture
cosmetics
painting
material culture
idolatry

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