The Heart and Stomach of a King by Carole Levin

The Heart and Stomach of a King by Carole Levin

Explores contemporary representations of the unmarried, childless Elizabeth and focuses on the ways in which members of her court, foreign ambassadors, and a motley - and sometimes delusional - collection of subjects responded to her.

"Promises to become a classic of enduring interest to specialists and general readers alike"—Sixteenth Century Journal

"Levin is stimulating on topics such as Elizabeth I's use of the image of the Virgin Queen, one which could be helpfully confused in the popular imagination with that of the discarded Catholic Virgin Mary."—London Times

"An important book. . . . Levin breaks out of the usual stale biographical packaging of Elizabeth by using traditional sources in imaginative ways."—Shakespeare Quarterly

"This study will appeal to anyone interested in Elizabeth Tudor or, more generally, women in power."—Publishers Weekly

"A persuasive analysis of how perception of gender roles helped to constitute power in Tudor England."—Choice

"The Heart and Stomach of a King occupies the realm where political and social history overlap with anthropology, art history, and literary criticism. Enriched by all these viewpoints, Levin's work is remarkably in tune with Elizabeth. The innovative and allusive quality of Levin's prose matches the fluidity and creativity of Elizabeth's behavior."—Albion

Carole Levin is Professor of History at the State University of New York. She is the author of Propaganda in the English Reformation: Heroic and Villainous Images of King John, and editor (with Karen Robertson) of Sexuality and Politics in Renaissance Drama and (with Jeanie Watson) Ambiguous Realities: Women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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ISBN 13	9780812215335
ISBN 10	0812215338
Title	The Heart and Stomach of a King
Author	Carole Levin
Series	New Cultural Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Pennsylvania Press
Year published	1994-06-01
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.