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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Queen Elizabeth I"”.
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Representations of Queen Elizabeth I in Edmund Spenser's Pastoral Poetry
… (1595) to uncover allegorical representations of Queen Elizabeth I. The psychoanalytical theories of Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva will be appropriated to construct a methodological model termed the 'Lacanian Pastoral'. This model will be used to examine Spenser's poetic unconscious that maps …
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Displacing Mother, Fashioning Father: Elizabeth, Spenser, and the Politics of Parenthood
A study of the Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene and how it both affects and reflects early modern conceptions of parenthood, with special emphasis on the presentation of Queen Elizabeth I as a figurative and political mother.
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Networks, News and Communication: Political Elites and Community Relations in Elizabethan Devon, 1588-1603
Focusing on the ‘second reign’ of Queen Elizabeth I (1588-1603), this thesis constitutes the first significant socio-political examination of Elizabethan Devon – a geographically peripheral county, yet strategically central in matters pertaining to national defence and security. A complex web of …
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The Queen's Poets
THE QUEEN’S POETS A History of MonarchicalMystique and Literary Development in the Age of Elizabeth Thesis under the direction of Olga Valbuena, Ph.D., Professor of English During the second half of her reign, Queen Elizabeth I of England used what would, in the current century, be considered …
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Behold These English Dogs!: Englishmen in the Atlantic World Before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, 1560-1630
… off a chain reaction of events that infuriated Queen Elizabeth I of England and brought about her conflict with King Philip II of Spain which challenged his Grand Strategy for World domination. Elizabeth’s status as a heretic provoked Philip to use the Spanish Inquisition’s severity against all …
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Shakespeare’s Cosmology on the Supernatural: All Is Illusion
… were colored by the foreign threats against Queen Elizabeth I by the Catholic powers of continental Europe. I examine the topics of ghosts, witches, and madness because they represent the three main ways in which the Reformation caused society to reinterpret the supernatural. I am interested …
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Design by means of archival research : exploring the notion of multiple interpretations and the proposal for another Ditchley Portrait
… of a sixteenth-century portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, currently displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in London. While the Tudor portrait originally used didactic allegory to yield different readings radiating from, and referring to, one source, exploring it as a nonorganic work …
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Elizabeth I And The Policy Of Marriage: The Anjou Match, 1572-1582
<p>This thesis will explore how Queen Elizabeth I of England's use of interdynastic marriage negotiations as an essential component to the successful implementation of her foreign policy objectives. Many historians continue to debate whether a distinct foreign policy actually existed from the onset …
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“I Stand for Sovereignty”: Reading Portia in Shakespeare’s <em>The Merchant of Venice</em>
… this thesis explores Portia's representation of Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. Striking similarities exist between character and Queen, including physical description, suitors, marriage issues, and rhetoric. In addition, the tripartite marriage at the play's conclusion among …
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Do feet have mouths? Slander, metaphor, and the body politic in early modern England
Embargo set by: Colleen Fallaw for item 102806 Lift date: 2019-08-10T21:27:21Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system