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Dissing Elizabeth focuses on the criticism that cast a shadow on the otherwise celebrated reign of Elizabeth I. The essays in this politically and historically revealing book demonstrate the sheer pervasiveness and rage of rhetoric against the queen, illuminating the provocative discourse of disrespect and dissent that existed over an eighty-year period, from her troubled days as a princess to the decades after her death in 1603.
As editor Julia M. Walker suggests, the breadth of dissent considered in this collection points to a dark side of the Cult of Elizabeth.
Reevaluating neglected texts that had not previously been perceived as critical of the queen or worthy of critical appraisal, contributors consider dissent in a variety of forms, including artwork representing (and mocking) the queen, erotic and pornographic metaphors for Elizabeth in the popular press, sermons subtly critiquing her actions, and even the hostility encoded in her epitaph and in the placement of her tomb.
Other chapters discuss gossip about Elizabeth, effigies of the queen, polemics against her marriage to the Duke of Alencon, common verbal slander, violence against emblems of her authority, and the criticism embedded in the riddles, satires, and literature of the period.
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Historiography, Rhetoric, English literature, History and criticism, History, English language, Public opinion, Monarchy, In literature, Queens, Elizabeth i, queen of england, 1533-1603, Great britain, history, elizabeth, 1558-1603, English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, English language, early modern, 1500-1700, English language, rhetoric, Public opinion, great britain, Queens, great britain, Public opinionelizabeth , 1533-1603, English literature--history and criticism, English literature--early modern, 1500-1700--history and criticism, English language--rhetoric, English language--early modern, 1500-1700--rhetoric, Public opinion--history, Public opinion--great britain--history--16th century, Monarchy--public opinion, Monarchy--great britain--public opinion, Queens--public opinion, Queens--great britain--public opinion, History--historiography, Da355 .d57 1998, 942.05/5Places
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Dissing Elizabeth: Negative Representations of Gloriana (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
December 1998, Duke University Press
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Dissing Elizabeth: negative representations of Gloriana
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"For Elizabeth Tudor, youth cannot have been easy."
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