Virgin mother, maiden queen : Elizabeth I and the cult of the Virgin Mary / Helen Hackett.
1995
DA356 .H33 1995 (Mapit)
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Title
Virgin mother, maiden queen : Elizabeth I and the cult of the Virgin Mary / Helen Hackett.
Author
Hackett, Helen.
ISBN
9780333668634 paperback
0333668634 paperback
9780312124816 hardcover
0312124813 hardcover
0333668634 paperback
9780312124816 hardcover
0312124813 hardcover
Imprint
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995.
Language
English
Description
xi, 303 pages ; 22 cm
Call Number
DA356 .H33 1995
Dewey Decimal Classification
942.05/5/092
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-289) and index.
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Table of Contents
1. Before Elizabeth
2. A New Queen
3. 1560-78: The Meanings of Virginity
4. 1578-82: Into Perpetual Virginity
5. 1583-93: Patronage, Prayers and Pilgrimages
6. The 1590s: The Literature of Disillusionment
7. Towards Death, and Beyond It
Epilogue: Adulation or Anxiety?
2. A New Queen
3. 1560-78: The Meanings of Virginity
4. 1578-82: Into Perpetual Virginity
5. 1583-93: Patronage, Prayers and Pilgrimages
6. The 1590s: The Literature of Disillusionment
7. Towards Death, and Beyond It
Epilogue: Adulation or Anxiety?