Overview
This collection investigates Queen Elizabeth I as an accomplished writer in her own right as well as the subject of authors who celebrated her. With innovative essays from Brenda M. Hosington, Carole Levin, and other established and emerging experts, it reappraises Elizabeth’s translations, letters, poems and prayers through a diverse range of approaches to textuality, from linguistic and philological to literary and cultural-historical. The book also considers Elizabeth as “authored,” studying how she is reflected in the writing of her contemporaries and reconstructing a wider web of relations between the public and private use of language in early modern culture. Contributions from Carlo M. Bajetta, Guillaume Coatelen and Giovanni Iamartino bring the Queen’s presence in early modern Italian literary culture to the fore. Together, these essays illuminate the Queen in writing, from the multifaceted linguistic and rhetorical strategies that she employed, to the texts inspired by her power and charisma.
Full Product Details
Author: Donatella Montini ,
Iolanda Plescia
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Edition: 2018 ed.
Weight: 0.596kg
ISBN: 9783319719511
ISBN 10: 3319719513
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 10 April 2018
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
“This is an essay-collection … with a number of new approaches and some fresh materials to interest the scholar of writing about, and especially by, this remarkable queen. The volume certainly helps to advance the case for Elizabeth to be studied not only as a monarch, but also as an impressive author, translator, and linguist, wielding language skilfully in a multitude of ways in order to manage both political and personal relationships … .” (Helen Hackett, Early Modern Women Journal, Vol. 14 (1), 2019)
This is an essay-collection ... with a number of new approaches and some fresh materials to interest the scholar of writing about, and especially by, this remarkable queen. The volume certainly helps to advance the case for Elizabeth to be studied not only as a monarch, but also as an impressive author, translator, and linguist, wielding language skilfully in a multitude of ways in order to manage both political and personal relationships ... . (Helen Hackett, Early Modern Women Journal, Vol. 14 (1), 2019)
Author Information
Donatella Montini is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Iolanda Plescia is Assistant Professor of English Language and Translation at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
