Elizabeth I

by Marcus, Leah S.

• ISBN13: 9780226504650
• ISBN10: 0226504654
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Leah S. Marcus is the Edwin Mims Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.

Janel Mueller is a professor of English, the William Rainey Harper Professor in the College, and dean of the Division of the Humanities at the University of Chicago.

Mary Beth Rose is the director of the Institute for the Humanities and professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
List of Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Works	ix
Preface	xi
1533-1558	3	(46)
Letters 1-23	5	(40)
Poems 1-3	45	(3)
Prayers 1-2	48	(1)
1558-1572	49	(116)
Speeches 1-12	51	(60)
Letters 24-33	111	(21)
Poems 4-5	132	(3)
Prayers 3-28	135	(16)
Poem 6	151	(14)
1572-1587	165	(158)
Speeches 13-18	167	(38)
Letters 34-77	205	(94)
Poems 7-12	299	(11)
Prayers 29-35	310	(13)
1588-1603	323	(106)
Speeches 19-24	325	(30)
Letters 78-103	355	(54)
Poems 13-15	409	(14)
Prayers 36-39	423	(6)
List of Speeches, Letters, Poems, Prayers	429	(10)
Index of Names	439