Learned queen: the image of Elizabeth I in politics and poetry

Learned queen: the image of Elizabeth I in politics and poetry

Shenk, Linda

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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. INDICE: - 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

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-61562-5
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 256
  • Fecha Publicación: 13/01/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés