The Queen's Mercy: Gender And Judgment In Representations Of Elizabeth I (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.

• • Author: M. Villeponteaux
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Jul 24, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 238 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137371749
• • ISBN-13: 9781137371744