The Queen's Mercy

Gender and Judgment in Representations of Elizabeth I
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-37174-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 227 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4041 g

Reihe: Queenship and Power

During the Elizabethan era, writers such as Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney, Daniel, and others frequently expounded on mercy, exploring the sources and outcomes of clemency. This fresh reading of such depictions shows that the concept of mercy was a contested one, directly shaped by tensions over the exercise of judgment by a woman on the throne.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Villeponteaux, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. "By Nature Full of Mercy": The Clemency of the Queen 2. "Proud and Pitilesse": Elizabethan Mercy and the Sonnet Tradition 3. "A Goodly Musicke in Her Regiment": Elizabethan Justice in The Merchant of Venice 4. "A Due Sincerity Governed His Deeds": Equity, Gender, and Privacy 5. "My Nobler Reason": Masculine Mercy After Elizabeth

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Villeponteaux is Associate Professor of Literature at Georgia Southern University, USA.