Elizabeth I : the competition for representation / Susan Frye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frye, Susan, 1952- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.

Elizabeth.

Visits of state--England--Kenilworth--History--16th century.

Visits of state.

Pageants--England--Kenilworth--History--16th century.

Pageants.

Coronations--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Coronations.

Patriarchy--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Patriarchy.

Women--England--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600.

Women.

Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (493 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of Elizabeth I which focuses on her difficulty in building up power in a patriarchal society. The author uses literary and historical examination of three crises in her reign to trace the queen's struggle to retain control over the iconography of both her physical self and her political domain.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Introduction: Who Represents Elizabeth?; 1. Engendered Economics: Elizabeth I's Coronation Entry (1559); 2. Engendering Policy at Kenilworth (1575); 3. Engendered Violence: Elizabeth, Spenser, and the Definitions of Chastity (1590); Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p195-216. -Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772395-0

0-19-802420-7

1-280-52946-6

0-19-992362-0

0-19-535431-1

1-4294-0681-X

OCLC:

784886722