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The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power
Carole Levin
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Paperback. With a new introduction that situates the original edition within the emerging genre of cultural biography, the second edition of The Heart and Stomach of a King explores the myriad ways Queen Elizabeth I represented herself as a public figure and how her subjects represented and responded to her. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
In her famous speech to rouse the English troops staking out Tilbury at the mouth of the Thames during the Spanish Armada's campaign, Queen Elizabeth I is said to have proclaimed, I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king. Whether or not the transcription is accurate, the persistent attribution of this provocative statement to England's most studied and celebrated queen illustrates some of the contradictions and cultural anxieties that dominated the collective consciousness of England during a reign that lasted from 1558 until 1603. ... Read more
In her famous speech to rouse the English troops staking out Tilbury at the mouth of the Thames during the Spanish Armada's campaign, Queen Elizabeth I is said to have proclaimed, I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king. Whether or not the transcription is accurate, the persistent attribution of this provocative statement to England's most studied and celebrated queen illustrates some of the contradictions and cultural anxieties that dominated the collective consciousness of England during a reign that lasted from 1558 until 1603. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812222401
SKU
V9780812222401
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About Carole Levin
Carole Levin is Willa Cather Professor of History and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program at the University of Nebraska. She is author of Dreaming the English Renaissance: Politics and Desire in Court and Culture and Propaganda in the English Reformation: Heroic and Villainous Images of King John.
Reviews for The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power
Written in a lucid, often witty prose style, Carole Levin's volume. . . promises to become a classic of enduring interest to specialists and general readers alike. -Sixteenth Century Journal Levin breaks out of the usual stale biographical packaging of Elizabeth by using traditional sources in imaginative ways, as well as by incorporating a number of less usual texts. ... Read more