{"product_id":"dissing-elizabeth-9780822320746","title":"Dissing Elizabeth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on criticism of Elizabeth I by her contemporaries, this is a collection of essays considering various forms the dissenters used for their critique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This extremely valuable collection of essays speaks clearly over silences imposed by the discretion of earlier scholars, mostly male, brought up to believe that one does not speak ill of a lady. . . . [T]he essayists of \u003ci\u003eDissing Elizabeth,\u003c\/i\u003e casting off the oppressive sort of courtesy that declares a woman fragile by treating her as if she were, show the queen in all her intelligence, toughness, and political effectiveness by pointing out just whom she angered and what they did about it. The collection is also valuable in that it deals with some less than canonical but culturally important texts, such as sermons, popular verse, and with visual representations, as well as with works by well-known authors, including that famous mixed message to a maiden ruler, Spenser’s \u003ci\u003eFaerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . This collection will certainly enrich the study of the queen’s reputation, but it will also be of interest to students of censorship and public response to governmental efforts to control access to information and freedom of speech.” - Anne Shaver, \u003ci\u003eJournal of English and Germanic Philology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDissing Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e looks at Elizabeth’s contemporary reputation, and finds critics among artists, poets, preachers, and collectors of commonplaces.” - Christopher Haigh, \u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This collection of eleven essays proposes to explore ‘the dark side of the cult of Elizabeth’ and to mount a new historicist challenge to ‘the canonical secondary texts in Elizabethan studies.’ ” - Simon Adams, \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This extremely valuable collection of essays speaks clearly over silences imposed by the discretion of earlier scholars, mostly male, brought up to believe that one does not speak ill of a lady. . . . [T]he essayists of \u003ci\u003eDissing Elizabeth,\u003c\/i\u003e casting off the oppressive sort of courtesy that declares a woman fragile by treating her as if she were, show the queen in all her intelligence, toughness, and political effectiveness by pointing out just whom she angered and what they did about it. The collection is also valuable in that it deals with some less than canonical but culturally important texts, such as sermons, popular verse, and with visual representations, as well as with works by well-known authors, including that famous mixed message to a maiden ruler, Spenser’s \u003ci\u003eFaerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . This collection will certainly enrich the study of the queen’s reputation, but it will also be of interest to students of censorship and public response to governmental efforts to control access to information and freedom of speech.” - Anne Shaver, \u003ci\u003eJournal of English and Germanic Philology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This engaging and scholarly collection has uncovered numerous hitherto neglected expressions of disrespect toward the virgin queen. . . . By documenting the surprising extent of anti-Elizabethan discourse, and showing how this was invariably focused on the queen’s gender, \u003ci\u003eDissing Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e provides important new insights into the ‘shadow’ side of Elizabeth’s reign.\"—Philippa Berry; King’s College, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e\"Walker’s collection of often amusing and always compelling essays adds unexpected shadows to the face of England’s Gloriana; even the queen’s admirers will welcome the chiaroscuro, the greater depth and texture of the resulting portrait.\"—Anne Lake Prescott, Barnard College, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDissing Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e looks at Elizabeth’s contemporary reputation, and finds critics among artists, poets, preachers, and collectors of commonplaces.” -- Christopher Haigh * English Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e“This collection of eleven essays proposes to explore ‘the dark side of the cult of Elizabeth’ and to mount a new historicist challenge to ‘the canonical secondary texts in Elizabethan studies.’ ” -- Simon Adams * History Today *\u003cbr\u003e“This extremely valuable collection of essays speaks clearly over silences imposed by the discretion of earlier scholars, mostly male, brought up to believe that one does not speak ill of a lady. . . . [T]he essayists of \u003ci\u003eDissing Elizabeth,\u003c\/i\u003e casting off the oppressive sort of courtesy that declares a woman fragile by treating her as if she were, show the queen in all her intelligence, toughness, and political effectiveness by pointing out just whom she angered and what they did about it. The collection is also valuable in that it deals with some less than canonical but culturally important texts, such as sermons, popular verse, and with visual representations, as well as with works by well-known authors, including that famous mixed message to a maiden ruler, Spenser’s \u003ci\u003eFaerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . This collection will certainly enrich the study of the queen’s reputation, but it will also be of interest to students of censorship and public response to governmental efforts to control access to information and freedom of speech.” -- Anne Shaver * Journal of English and Germanic Philology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Dark Side of the Cult of Elizabeth \/ Julia M. Walker 1\u003cbr\u003e History and Policy \u003cbr\u003e The Bad Seed: Princess Elizabeth and the Seymour Incident \/ Sheila Cavanagh 9\u003cbr\u003e Why Did Elizabeth Not Marry? \/ Susan Doran 30\u003cbr\u003e The Royal Image in Elizabeth Ireland \/ Christopher Highley 60\u003cbr\u003e \"We shall never have a merry world while the Queene lyveth\": Gender, Monarchy, and the Power of Seditious Words \/ Carole Levin 77\u003cbr\u003e Pamphlets and Sermons \u003cbr\u003e \"Soueraigne Lord of lordly Lady of this land\": Elizabeth, Stubbs, and the \u003ci\u003eGaping Gvlf\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Ilona Bell 99\u003cbr\u003e Out of Egypt: Richard Fletcher's Sermon before Elizabeth I after the Execution of Mary Queen of Scots \/ Peter E. McCullough 118\u003cbr\u003e The Power of the Poets \u003cbr\u003e \"The Image of this Queeneso quaynt\": The Pornographic Blazon 1588-1608 \/ Hannah Betts 153\u003cbr\u003e Queen Elizabeth Compiled: Henry Stanford's Private Anthology and the Question of Accountability \/ Marcy L. North 185\u003cbr\u003e \"Not as women wonted be\": Spenser's Amazon Queen \/ Mary Villeponteaux 209\u003cbr\u003e The Image of the Queen \u003cbr\u003e Fair Is Fowle: Interpreting Anti-Elizabethan Composite Portariture \/ Rob Content 229\u003cbr\u003e Bones of Contention: Posthumous Images of Elizabeth and Stuart Politics \/ Julia M. Walker 252\u003cbr\u003e Secondary Works Cited 277\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors 293\u003cbr\u003e Index 295","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406020616535,"sku":"9780822320746","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822320746.jpg?v=1730494268","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dissing-elizabeth-9780822320746","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}