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Loading... Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England: Literature, History, Sovereigntyby John Watkins
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This is the first book to examine Elizabeth I's lasting impact on the Anglo-American historical imagination. John Watkins attributes her abiding popularity to her iconic role in seventeenth-century debates over the nature of sovereignty. Watkins focuses on England's most turbulent century because it witnessed the consolidation of enduring attitudes toward both the Tudor past and the English monarchy. He explains that seventeenth-century representations of Elizabeth intersected with the period's wider debate over the sovereign's relationship to the people. He goes on to trace the development of Elizabeth's iconic significance as the century moves on; the stories of Princess Elizabeth's sufferings under Mary Tudor, or of her secret longings for Essex eventually figured more prominently in the popular imagination than records of her relationships with Parliament. By the early eighteenth century Elizabeth had acquired a new value as a model of the tragic individual pitted against a hostile social order. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)820.9351Literature English & Old English literatures English literature in more than one form History, description, critical appraisal of works in more than one form Literature dealing with specific themes and subjects Humanity Specific personsLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |