Myth of Elizabeth

SUSAN DORAN is a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University, UK.THOMAS S. FREEMAN is the Research Officer for the British Academy John Foxe Project and is affiliated with the University of Sheffield.

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction; S.Doran and T.S.FreemanPART ONE: TROJAN HORSES: CONTEMPORARY CRITICISMS OF ELIZABETHProvidence and Prescription: the Account of Elizabeth in Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs'; T.S.FreemanDuessa's Trial and Elizabeth's Error: Judging Elizabeth in Spenser's Faerie Queen; A.HadfieldPART TWO: JACOBEAN PERSPECTIVES: POLITIC PRINCESS OR PROTESTANT HEROINE?William Camden and the Anti-Myth of Elizabeth: Setting the Mould?; P.CollinsonElizabeth in Arcadia: Fulke Greville and John Hayward's Construction of Elizabeth, 1610-12; L.RichardsonDrama Queen: Staging Elizabeth in If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody; T.Grant'A Very Deborah?' The Myth of Elizabeth I as a Providential Monarch; A.WalshamPART THREE: ELIZABETH ENGENDERED: THE PRESENTATION AND PRACTICEVirginity, Divinity and Power: the Portraits of Elizabeth I; S.DoranQueen Elizabeth and Mrs Bishop; B.UsherHarington's Gossip; J.Scott-WarrenA Queen for All Seasons: Elizabeth I on Film; T.BetteridgeList of AbbreviationsNotes and ReferencesNotes on ContributorsIndex.

'This is an excellent collection. All the essays are very strong and many are by noted scholars. This book will find a wide readership.' - Carole Levin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 'This attractive collection of essays takes in Elizabeth's myth as Protestant martyr and heart-of-a-king monarch for gentle questioning.' - Plays International 'Capably fills an important gap in the market.' - Dr Alec Ryrie, University of Birmingham 'A splendid and useful collection.' - Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, Oxford University 'It is hard to imagine a more riveting or coherent group of essays than those in The Myth of Elizabeth.' - H.Albion 'These essays serve to reorient our vision, to see the sixteenth-century world as the men and women of that time saw it.' - Wallace MacCaffrey, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'The thought-provoking essays in this collection are certain to pave the way for much new research in Elizabethan studies.' - Elizabeth Goldring, Renaissance Quarterly 'The Myth of Elizabeth provides a variety of fascinating insights into the formation and perpetuation of Elizabeth's mythic image.' - Ronald Fritze, The Sixteenth Century Journal 'Thomas S. Freeman and Susan Doran have produced a collection of essays of considerable elegance and consistency.' - Women: A Cultural Review