Books by Margaret W Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan and Nancy Vickers
Rewriting the Renaissance
by Margaret W Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan and Nancy Vickers
This contains a particularly important essay by Louis Montrose called ‘Shaping Fantasies’ which is about A Midsummer Night’s Dream. What was new about it was the way that Montrose brought A Midsummer Night’s Dream into contact with Elizabeth I. I think once you start thinking of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in relation to Elizabeth the play looks quite different and it gives you a new insight into how people were feeling about her at the time. This was a new move that Montrose made in the 80s which has been hugely influential and has led to lots of other readings of Shakespeare’s plays to shed light on her reign.
Interviews where books by Margaret W Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan and Nancy Vickers were recommended
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Elizabeth I
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The Faerie Queene
by edited by Thomas P Roche Jr and C Patrick O’Donnell Jr & Edmund Spenser -
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Translations by Elizabeth I, 1592-98
by Janel Mueller and Joshua Scodel -
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Rewriting the Renaissance
by Margaret W Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan and Nancy Vickers -
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Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England
by John A Watkins
The best books on Elizabeth I, recommended by Helen Hackett
The best books on Elizabeth I, recommended by Helen Hackett
University College London professor Helen Hackett selects five books on the Virgin Queen, including one by the monarch herself. “You get a sense of her independence of mind. She does her own thing”
