The Face of Queenship: Early Modern Representations of Elizabeth I

(Part of the Queenship and Power Series)

by Anna Riehl

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The Face of Queenship investigates the aesthetic, political, and gender-related meanings in representations of Elizabeth I by her contemporaries. By attending to eyewitness reports, poetry, portraiture, and discourses on beauty and cosmetics, this book shows how the portrayals of the queen's face register her contemporaries' hopes, fears, hatreds, mockeries, rivalries, and awe. In its application of theories of the meaning of the face and its exploration...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0230614957

ISBN13:9780230614956

Release Date:June 2010

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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The Face of Queenship: Early Modern Representations of Elizabeth I

(Part of the Queenship and Power Series)

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