Elizabeth I: The Competition for Representation

by Susan Frye

Book Overview

Elizabeth I is perhaps the most visible woman in early modern Europe, yet little attention has been paid to what she said about the difficulties of constructing her power in a patriarchal society. This revisionist study examines her struggle for authority through the representation of her female body. Based on a variety of extant historical and literary materials, Frye's interpretation focuses on three representational crises spaced fifteen years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195113837
• ISBN13: 9780195113839
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"