Goddesses and queens : the iconography of Elizabeth I / edited by Annaliese Connolly & Lisa Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Connolly, Annaliese F. (Annaliese Frances), 1975- editor.

Hopkins, Lisa, 1962- editor.

Manchester University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--Portraits.

Elizabeth.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--In literature--History--16th century.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--Public opinion--History--16th century.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.

Public opinion.

History.

Portraits.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations, portraits; digital file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"The visual images of Queen Elizabeth I displayed in contemporary portraits and perpetuated and developed in more recent media, such as film and television, make her one of the most familiar and popular of all British monarchs.This collection of essays examines the diversity of the queen's extensive iconographical repertoire, focusing on both visual and textual representations of Elizabeth, not only in portraiture and literature, but also in contemporary sermons, speeches and alchemical treatises. The collection broadens current critical thinking about Elizabeth, as each of the essays contributes to the debate about the ways in which the queen's developing iconicity was not simply a celebratory mode, but also encoded criticism of her. Each of these essays explains the ways in which the varied representations of Elizabeth reflect the political and cultural anxieties of her subjects" --Back cover.

Contents:

I. World in crisis: Elizabeth's iconography and religious tensions.

1. Elizabeth I as Deborah the Judge: exceptional women of power / Carol Blessing

2. Warlike mates? Queen Elizabeth, and Joan La Pucelle in 1 Henry VI / Ben Spiller

3. 'Rudenesse it selfe she doth refine': Queen Elizabeth I as Lady Alchymia / Jayne Elisabeth Archer

II. Virginia and the Virgin: Elizabeth and the New World.

4. Elizabeth I: size matters / Deanne Williams

5. 'And in their midst a sun ': Petrarch's Triumphs and the Elizabethan icon / Heather Campbell

6. 'Nature without labor': Virgin Queen and virgin land in Sir Walter Ralegh's The Discoverie if the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana / Helen J. Burgess

III. Old World and the New: classical precedents.

7. dark side of the moon: Semiramis and Titania / Lisa Hopkins

8. Evaluating virginity: A Midsummer Night's Dream and the iconography of marriage / Annaliese Connolly

9. Cynthia waning: Cynthia's Revels imagines the death of the queen / Matthew Steggle

IV. Coda: Elizabeth's afterlife.

10. 'Turn thy Tombe into a Throne': Elizabeth I's death rehearsal / Scott L. Newstok.

Notes:

Made available via: manchesterhive.

MUP 2020 titles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

Other Format:

Print version: Connolly, Annaliese. Goddesses and queens: the iconography of Elizabeth I,

ISBN:

9781526129819

Publisher Number:

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