Goddesses and Queens: The Iconography of Elizabeth I

The visual images of Queen Elizabeth I displayed in contemporary portraits and perpetuated and developed in more recent media, such as film and television, make her one of the most familiar and popular of all British monarchs.

This collection of essays examines the diversity of the queen's extensive iconographical repertoire, focusing on both visual and textual representations of Elizabeth, not only in portraiture and literature, but also in contemporary sermons, speeches and alchemical treatises. The collection broadens current critical thinking about Elizabeth, as each of the essays contributes to the debate about the ways in which the queen's developing iconicity was not simply a celebratory mode, but also encoded criticism of her. Each of these essays explains the ways in which the varied representations of Elizabeth reflect the political and cultural anxieties of her subjects.

Author: Annaliese Connolly
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 03/31/2013
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780719090110
ISBN10: 0719090113
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Great Britain | General
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Collections | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

About the Author

Annaliese Connolly is temporary lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University and is currently studying for her Doctoral thesis

Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University