TY - BOOK N2 - This book traces some of the cross-currents in Elizabethan culture, investigating ambiguities within literature which apparently praises the Queen, and the diverse meanings of descriptions of Elizabeth as a saint or goddess. It also considers both the Virgin Queen and the Virgin Mary in terms of the history of representations of gender, sexuality and power. AB - This book traces some of the cross-currents in Elizabethan culture, investigating ambiguities within literature which apparently praises the Queen, and the diverse meanings of descriptions of Elizabeth as a saint or goddess. It also considers both the Virgin Queen and the Virgin Mary in terms of the history of representations of gender, sexuality and power. T1 - Virgin mother, maiden queen :Elizabeth I and the cult of the Virgin Mary / DA - 1995. CY - New York : AU - Hackett, Helen. CN - DA356 CN - DA356 PB - St. Martin's Press, PP - New York : PY - 1995. ID - 717849 KW - Virginity KW - Queens SN - 9780333668634 SN - 0333668634 SN - 9780312124816 SN - 0312124813 TI - Virgin mother, maiden queen :Elizabeth I and the cult of the Virgin Mary / ER -