Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Bordo, Susan |
| Publisher: | Mariner Books |
| Date: | 4/1/2014 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
“Bordo’s sharp reading of Boleyniana and her clear affection for thisproud, unusual woman make this an entertaining, provocative read.”—Boston Globe
Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleynis a reconstruction of Boleyn’s life and an illuminating look at hervery active afterlife in the popular imagination. With recent novels,movies, and television shows, Anne has been having atwenty-first-century moment, but Bordo shows how many generations ofpolemicists, biographers, novelists, and filmmakers have imagined andreimagined her: whore, martyr, cautionary tale, proto-“mean girl,”feminist icon, and everything in between. Drawing on scholarship andrazor-sharp analysis, Bordo probes the complexities of one of history’smost intriguing women, teasing out what we actually know about AnneBoleyn and what we think we know about her.
“Riveting . . .Bordo’s eloquent study not only recovers Anne Boleyn for our times butalso demonstrates the ways in which legends grow out of the faintestwisps of historical fact.” —Book Page
“Engrossing . . . Ms. Bordo offers a fascinating discussion.”—New York Times
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