Image of Elizabeth I in Early Modern Spain (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781496208446)

Queen Elizabeth I was an iconic figure in England during her reign, with many contemporary English portraits and literary works extolling her virtue and political acumen. In Spain, however, her image was markedly different. While few Spanish fictional or historical writings focus primarily on Elizabeth, numerous works either allude to her or incorporate her as a character.

The Image of Elizabeth I in Early Modern Spain explores the fictionalized, historical, and visual representations of Elizabeth I and their impact on the Spanish collective imagination. Drawing on works by Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Pedro de Ribadeneira, Luis de Ggora, Cristal de Viru駸, Antonio Coello, and Calder de la Barca, among others, the contributors to this volume limn contradictory assessments of Elizabeth's physical appearance, private life, personality, and reign. In doing so they articulate the various and sometimes conflicting ways in which the Tudor monarch became both the primary figure in English propaganda efforts against Spain and a central part of the Spanish political agenda.

This edited volume revives and questions the image of Elizabeth I in early modern Spain as a means of exploring how the queen's persona, as mediated by its Spanish reception, has shaped the ways in which we understand Anglo-Spanish relations during a critical era for both kingdoms.


Author: Eduardo Olid Guerrero
ISBN-10: 1496208447
ISBN-13: 9781496208446
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2019
Pages: 420
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d