Jankowski, Theodora A.. Elizabeth I, the subversion of flattery, and John Lyly's court plays and entertainments

Folger bibliographic ID: 355481
Folger call number: PR2659.L9 Z64 2018
Folger holdings ID: 503554

Theodora Jankowski looks at both the light and the dark side of the Elizabeth character in each of John Lyly's court plays, while at the same time considering how that allegory works in terms of the various issues Lyly debates within the plays. She demonstrates how Lyly, while praising the queen and accepting her beneficence, simultaneously manages to present his audiences with the "dark queen," the opposite side of the positive image of the Queen of England.--Publisher description

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-161) and index

Contents

Introduction: Elizabeth I, John Lyly, and the monstrosity of icons -- Rulership and the monarch's two bodies in Sapho and Phao, Campaspe, and Midas -- Gender, alpha males, and all-around bullies in Love's Metamorphosis -- Sexuality, lesbian desire, and the necessity of a penis in Gallathea -- Male friendship and unruly women in Endimion -- Early modern economics in the entertainments -- Coda: The man in the moon and The Woman in the Moon, or, Whose moon is it really?

Extended title: Elizabeth I, the subversion of flattery, and John Lyly's court plays and entertainments / Theodora A. Jankowski

Lyly, John, 1554?-1606 Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 English drama

author: Jankowski, Theodora A., 1945-
subject: Lyly, John, 1554?-1606
subject: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
associated with: Western Michigan University. Medieval Institute Publications