Elizabeth I, the Subversion of Flattery, and John Lyly's Court Plays and Entertainments /

"This study considers how John Lyly's characters who are allegorical representations of Elizabeth validate the queen, but at the same time raise troubling issues as to her true nature. Theodora Jankowski looks at both the light and the dark side of the Elizabeth character in each of Lyly&#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jankowski, Theodora A., 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kalamazoo, MI : Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lyly, John > 1554-1606
Elisabeth > I. > England, Königin > 1533-1603
Lyly, John, > 1554?-1606.
Elizabeth > I, > Queen of England, > 1533-1603.
Elizabeth > I, > Queen of England, > 1533-1603 > In literature.
Lyly, John, > 1554?-1606 > Characters > Queens.
Rezeption
Hof > Motiv
Drama
Literature.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Criticism and interpretation.
Queens in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Elizabeth I, John Lyly, and the monstrosity of icons
  • Rulership and the monarch's two bodies in Sapho and Phao, Campaspe, and Midas
  • Gender, alpha males, and all-around bullies in Love's Metamorphosis
  • Sexuality, lesbian desire, and the necessity of a penis in Gallathea
  • Male friendship and unruly women in Endimion
  • Early modern economics in the entertainments
  • Coda : the man in the moon and The Woman in the Moon, or, whose moon is it really?

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