This groundbreaking book combines literary interpretation, gender analysis, and cultural, political, and diplomatic history to examine how Elizabeth I usedthe discourse of love to establish her political power, assert her right to marry or not, and rule the country herself either way. INDICE: - From Princess to Prince: a Brief Life Story - The Art of Poetry,the Art of Courtship: Elizabeth and the Elizabethans - The Pre-coronation Procession: So Prince-like a Voice - Early Days: Parliamentary Speech (1559) and the Woodstock Epigrams - Diplomacy and Correspondency: Elizabeth's Reported Speech - Parliamentary Speeches (1563, 1566) and the Psalter Posie - Popular Debate and Courtly Dialogue: Always her Own Free Woman - On Monsieur's Departure:I love, and yet am Forced to seem to Hate
- ISBN: 978-0-230-62105-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 218
- Fecha Publicación: 23/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés