Carole Levin
Autore di The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power
Sull'Autore
Carole Levin is Professor of History at the University of Nebraska. She is the author of The Heart and Stomach of a King and Propaganda in the English Reformation, and has held fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Newberry Library
Opere di Carole Levin
Shakespeare's Foreign Worlds: National and Transnational Identities in the Elizabethan Age (2009) 10 copie
A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650 (2016) 6 copie
The Reign and Life of Queen Elizabeth I: Politics, Culture, and Society (Queenship and Power) (2022) 3 copie
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- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Attività lavorative
- professor of history
Biographer
Historian - Organizzazioni
- State University of New York
Elizabeth I Society
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- Opere
- 15
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 212
- Popolarità
- #104,834
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 35
In a series of overlapping essays, Levin focuses on her court’s manipulation of images of royalty and the public’s reaction to them. The essays are roughly chronological, as the early ones examine the problems of her succession and the early response to her rule, while the later ones consider the challenges she faced as her reign came to an end. Throughout the chapters, Levin charts the ways in which Elizabeth balanced the contrasting expectations she faced, in the end successfully assuming the masculine roles her position required while still exhibiting the femininity her people expected of her.
Levin’s book is an interesting, if fragmented examination of Elizabeth’s images and how they were received. Her study of these often overlooked elements of Elizabeth’s reign helps the reader understand how Elizabeth succeeded as a woman in one of the most masculine of jobs. While few of the arguments she makes are original, she presents her case effectively with a convincing analysis backed by considerable research. For anyone seeking to learn how Elizabeth balanced the demands of her position with those of her gender, this is a good book to read.… (altro)