Examining Elizabeth I's lasting impact on the Anglo-American historical imagination, John Watkins traces the development of Elizabeth I's iconic significance in the political and popular imagination of the seventeenth century. From powerful monarch to the perfect model of the tragic individual pitted against a hostile social order, Elizabeth's story informs contemporary debates. This study appeals to literary and cultural historians alike.
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"Professor Watkins has produced a study that hopefully will inspire other scholars to explore the seemingly unending impact of Elizabeth I upon the generations born after 1603." Sixteenth Century Journal
"Watkins is a sensitive reader and interpreter of images..." The International Review of History
"...well-researched and interesting...The skillful use of a variety of sources makes this work useful and apppropriate for specialists in Tudor/Stuart England, as well as those just beginning to study Elizabeth I and her legacy. Watkins' interdisciplinary approach to his study will make this work attractive to early modern scholars across the curriculum." Albion
"Reading this book, one is immediately aware of being in the capable hands not only of an excellent scholar, but also of a stellar lecturer. The argument is consistently lucid, rendering this work valuable for not only the scholarly library, but equally for the classroom, a rare and commendable accomplishment." H-Albion
"This is a careful, provocative, and intelligent book." Renaissance Quarterly
"...this is a book that will have a wide impact in literary studies, but it wil also have to be read by historians of the period." Studies in English Literature
"Blending literary analysis with historiography, John Watkins analyzes the changing judgments of Elizabeth I during the century after her death in 1603...A readable, cogent study." History: Review of New Books
"The book smoothly addresses the interesting question of the appropriation of a queen's image...." Choice
"Watkins is a sensitive reader and interpreter of images..." The International Review of History
"...well-researched and interesting...The skillful use of a variety of sources makes this work useful and apppropriate for specialists in Tudor/Stuart England, as well as those just beginning to study Elizabeth I and her legacy. Watkins' interdisciplinary approach to his study will make this work attractive to early modern scholars across the curriculum." Albion
"Reading this book, one is immediately aware of being in the capable hands not only of an excellent scholar, but also of a stellar lecturer. The argument is consistently lucid, rendering this work valuable for not only the scholarly library, but equally for the classroom, a rare and commendable accomplishment." H-Albion
"This is a careful, provocative, and intelligent book." Renaissance Quarterly
"...this is a book that will have a wide impact in literary studies, but it wil also have to be read by historians of the period." Studies in English Literature
"Blending literary analysis with historiography, John Watkins analyzes the changing judgments of Elizabeth I during the century after her death in 1603...A readable, cogent study." History: Review of New Books
"The book smoothly addresses the interesting question of the appropriation of a queen's image...." Choice
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Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England is the first book to examine Elizabeth I's lasting impact on the Anglo-American historical imagination. John Watkins traces the development of Elizabeth I's iconic significance in the political and popular imagination of the seventeenth century. From monarch to the perfect model of the tragic individual pitted against a hostile social order, Elizabeth's story informed contemporary debates. This study will appeal to literary and cultural historians alike.
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For centuries, England reconciled itself to new monarchs through the fiction that the king lived on in the new king. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
factional intrigue, famous memory, posthumous cult, bourgeois fantasy, constitutional balance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gunpowder Plot, Mary Stuart, Stuart England, Anne Boleyn, Privy Councillors, The Island Queens, Earl of Essex, Francis Osborne, Glorious Revolution, Popish Plot, Robert Cecil, Anne of Denmark, Royal Exchange, Tudor Stuart, Bought the Roome, Countess of Nottingham, English Catholics, Golden Speech, Henrietta Maria, Sir Philip Sidney, Spanish Armada, Titus Oates, Tudor England, Banks's Elizabeth, Bourbon France New!
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For centuries, England reconciled itself to new monarchs through the fiction that the king lived on in the new king. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
factional intrigue, famous memory, posthumous cult, bourgeois fantasy, constitutional balance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gunpowder Plot, Mary Stuart, Stuart England, Anne Boleyn, Privy Councillors, The Island Queens, Earl of Essex, Francis Osborne, Glorious Revolution, Popish Plot, Robert Cecil, Anne of Denmark, Royal Exchange, Tudor Stuart, Bought the Roome, Countess of Nottingham, English Catholics, Golden Speech, Henrietta Maria, Sir Philip Sidney, Spanish Armada, Titus Oates, Tudor England, Banks's Elizabeth, Bourbon France New!
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- Debating Gender in Early Modern England, 1500-1700 by Cristina Malcolmson on page 250
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