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England's Elizabeth : an afterlife in fame and fantasy / Michael Dobson, Nicola J. Watson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dobson, Michael, author.
- Watson, Nicola J., 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--In literature.
- Elizabeth.
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--In art.
- Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Historiography.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 348 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill. (some col.) ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "England's Elizabeth explores the Elizabeths of Shakespeare and Spenser, of Sophia Lee and Sir Walter Scott, of Bette Davis and Glenda Jackson, of Shakespeare in Love and Blackadder II. It is a spirited investigation of England's perennial fascination with a queen who is still engaged in a posthumous progress through the collective pysche of her country."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Queen is Dead, Long Live the Queen
- Chronology
- Gloriana Revives
- The Private Lives of the Virgin Queen
- Good Queen Bess and Merrie England
- The Faery Queen and Victorian Values
- An Empress and her Adventurers
- Elizabeth Modernized
- Afterword: Virginia in the New World.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-331) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-44491-6
- 0-19-154181-8
- 1-4237-5747-5
- OCLC:
- 1027141480
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