Elizabeth I: Collected Works

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University of Chicago Press, 2000 - Всего страниц: 446
This long-awaited and masterfully edited volume contains nearly all of the writings of Queen Elizabeth I: the clumsy letters of childhood, the early speeches of a fledgling queen, and the prayers and poetry of the monarch's later years. The first collection of its kind, Elizabeth I reveals brilliance on two counts: that of the Queen, a dazzling writer and a leading intellect of the English Renaissance, and that of the editors, whose copious annotations make the book not only essential to scholars but accessible to general readers as well.

"This collection shines a light onto the character and experience of one of the most interesting of monarchs. . . . We are likely never to get a closer or clearer look at her. An intriguing and intense portrait of a woman who figures so importantly in the birth of our modern world."—Publishers Weekly

"An admirable scholarly edition of the queen's literary output. . . . This anthology will excite scholars of Elizabethan history, but there is something here for all of us who revel in the English language."—John Cooper, Washington Times

"Substantial, scholarly, but accessible. . . . An invaluable work of reference."—Patrick Collinson, London Review of Books

"In a single extraordinary volume . . . Marcus and her coeditors have collected the Virgin Queen's letters, speeches, poems and prayers. . . . An impressive, heavily footnoted volume."—Library Journal

"This excellent anthology of [Elizabeth's] speeches, poems, prayers and letters demonstrates her virtuosity and afford the reader a penetrating insight into her 'wiles and understandings.'"—Anne Somerset, New Statesman

"Here then is the only trustworthy collection of the various genres of Elizabeth's writings. . . . A fine edition which will be indispensable to all those interested in Elizabeth I and her reign."—Susan Doran, History

"In the torrent of words about her, the queen's own words have been hard to find. . . . [This] volume is a major scholarly achievement that makes Elizabeth's mind much more accessible than before. . . . A veritable feast of material in different genres."—David Norbrook, The New Republic

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Speech 9 version 1 fragmentary opening PRO State Papers Domestic
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Speech 10 first page of Queen Elizabeths draft version BL MS Cotton
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Queen Elizabeth sitting in state title page of Christopher Saxton Atlas
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Speech 17 version 2 first page of transcript with Queen Elizabeths correc
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Letter 36 to George Talbot earl of Shrewsbury showing Queen Elizabeths
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Letter 41 to the earl and countess of Shrewsbury showing Queen Elizabeths
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Miniature of the duke of Alençon from Queen Elizabeths Prayer Book
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Miniature of Queen Elizabeth from her Prayer Book BL
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Letter 90 to King James VI of Scotland second half BL
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Poem 15 opening stanzas Hatfield House Cecil Papers 147 fol 207г
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List of Speeches Letters Poems Prayers
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Index of Names
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Janel Mueller is the William Rainey Harper Distinguished Service Professor Emerita in the Department of English and the College at the University of Chicago.

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