Learned Queen: The Image of Elizabeth I in Politics and Poetry [Hardcover]

The first book to examine Elizabeth I as a learned princess, Learned Queen examines Elizabeth's own demonstrations of erudition alongside literary works produced by such political luminaries as Sir Philip Sidney and Robert Devereux, earl of Essex.Queen Solomon: Elizabeth I in Christian Prayers and Meditations (1569) A Wise Elizabeth and Her Devoted Diplomats: Sidney's The Lady of May and Anglo-Dutch Relations Queen of God's Word in the Age of the Sword: Elizabeth's Divine Wisdom and Apocalyptic Discourse in the 1580s Philosopher Queen: Elizabeth's Transcendent Wisdom in the 1590s A Loving Scholar of His Queen's Wisdom: The Earl of Essex, Anglo-French Affairs, and Of Love and Self-Love (1595) Afterward: The Foolish Playwright and the Transcendent Queen: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
LINDA SHENK?is an Assistant Professor of English at Iowa State University, USA.