The subject of Elizabeth
Subtitle: authority, gender, and representation
By: Louis Montrose.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Public opinion.; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- In literature.; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography -- History and criticism.; Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.; Authority in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Queens in literature.; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Historiography.
Description: As a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of 16th century patriarchal English society. This text illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.