Age of Spenser | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Bassnett, Susan. "The Faerie Queen." In Elizabeth I: A Feminist Perspective, pp. 52-66. Oxford: Berg Publishers, 1988.
Discusses Elizabeth I's roles as both a spectator and a performer in music and poetry. Focuses on how she crafted a public persona suitable for wielding power in an era of emerging modern nation-states.
Bell, Ilona. "Elizabeth I, Always Her Own Free Woman." In Political Rhetoric, Power, and Renaissance Women, edited by Carole Levin and Patricia A. Sullivan, pp. 57-82. Albany: State University Press of New York, 1995.
Argues that Elizabeth I was an early feminist who used the marriage question to her advantage to maintain personal and political power. The article also challenges traditionally held assumptions about the Queen's commitment to chastity.
Buxton, John. "The Tradition of Patronage." In his Sir Philip Sidney and the English...
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