Elizabeth I in Writing

Elizabeth I in Writing

Language, Power and Representation in Early Modern England

Plescia, Iolanda; Montini, Donatella

Springer International Publishing AG

04/2018

254

Dura

Inglês

9783319719511

15 a 20 dias

596


ebook

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1. Introduction.- I. Elizabeth as Author.- 2. The Young Princess Elizabeth, Neo-Latin and the Power of the Written Word.- 3. Ethics from the Classroom: Elizabeth I's translation of Cicero's Pro Marcello.- 4. Styling Power: A corpus-linguistic approach to the correspondence of Queen Elizabeth I.- 5. "Beholde me thy handmaid": The pragmatics and politics of Queen Elizabeth's prayers.- 6. Elizabeth I as Poet: Some notes on "Monsierur's departure" and John Dowland's "Now O now I needs must part".- II. Elizabeth Authored.- 7. A Critical Edition and Discussion of SP 70/2 f.94: A letter and two sonnets by Celio Magno to Queen Elizabeth I.- 8. "La Comediante Politica": On Gregorio Leti's 1693 Life of Queen Elizabeth I.- 9. Multilingualism at the Tudor Court: Henry, Elizabeth and the love letter genre.- III. The Gift of Language, the Language of the Gift.- 10. What Elizabeth Knew. Language as Mirror and Gift.- 11. Queen Elizabeth and the Power and Language of the Gift.
queenship;Elizabeth I;Tudor;Henry VIII;Anne Boleyn;letters of Elizabeth I;afterlife of Elizabeth I;Tudor court culture;Elizabeth I's translations;early modern women's writing;early modern Italian literature;history of the English language;early modern textuality