The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power

Carole Levin

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2014

The Heart and Stomach of a King

Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power

Carole Levin

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207729

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About this book

With a new introduction that situates the original edition within the emerging genre of cultural biography, the second edition of The Heart and Stomach of a King explores the myriad ways Queen Elizabeth I represented herself as a public figure and how her subjects represented and responded to her.

Author / Editor information

Carole Levin is Willa Cather Professor of History and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program at the University of Nebraska. She is author of Dreaming the English Renaissance: Politics and Desire in Court and Culture and Propaganda in the English Reformation: Heroic and Villainous Images of King John.

Reviews

"Written in a lucid, often witty prose style, Carole Levin's volume. . . promises to become a classic of enduring interest to specialists and general readers alike."—Sixteenth Century Journal

"Levin breaks out of the usual stale biographical packaging of Elizabeth by using traditional sources in imaginative ways, as well as by incorporating a number of less usual texts."—Shakespeare Quarterly

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	viii
Preface to the Second Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Elizabeth as Sacred Monarch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
3. The Official Courtships of the Queen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
4. Wanton and Whore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5. The Return of the King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
6. Elizabeth as King and Queen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
7. Dreaming the Queen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Second Edition
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Other: 12 illus.
Keywords: History; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: November 21, 2013
ISBN: 9780812207729