L. Shenk

Learned Queen

The Image of Elizabeth I in Politics and Poetry

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book to examine Elizabeth I as a learned princess, Learned Queen examines Elizabeth's own demonstrations of erudition alongside literary works produced by such political luminaries as Sir Philip Sidney and Robert Devereux, earl of Essex.

Produktdetails

• Queenship and Power
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-61562-5
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780230615625
• ISBN-10: 0230615627
• Artikelnr.: 26926122

Autorenporträt

LINDA SHENK is an Assistant Professor of English at Iowa State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Queen Solomon: Elizabeth I in Christian Prayers and Meditations (1569) A Wise Elizabeth and Her Devoted Diplomats: Sidney's The Lady of May and Anglo-Dutch Relations Queen of God's Word in the Age of the Sword: Elizabeth's Divine Wisdom and Apocalyptic Discourse in the 1580s Philosopher Queen: Elizabeth's Transcendent Wisdom in the 1590s A Loving Scholar of His Queen's Wisdom: The Earl of Essex, Anglo-French Affairs, and Of Love and Self-Love (1595) Afterward: The Foolish Playwright and the Transcendent Queen: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream