The Face of Queenship: Early Modern Representations of Elizabeth I

by Anna Riehl

The Face of Queenship investigates the aesthetic, political, and gender-related meanings in representations of Elizabeth I by her contemporaries. By attending to eyewitness reports, poetry, portraiture, and discourses on beauty and cosmetics, this book shows how the portrayals of the queen s face register her contemporaries hopes, fears, hatreds, mockeries, rivalries, and awe. In its application of theories of the meaning of the face and its exploration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230614957
• ISBN13: 9780230614956
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"