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The Queen's mercy = gender and judgment in representations of Elizabeth I /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Queen's mercy/ Mary Villeponteaux.
Reminder of title:	gender and judgment in representations of Elizabeth I /
Author:	Villeponteaux, Mary.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan : : 2014.,
Description:	240 p.
Notes:	Electronic book text.
Subject:	Clemency in literature. -
Subject:	Great Britain - Relations - European Union countries. -
Online resource:	Online journal 'available contents' page
ISBN:	1137371757 (electronic bk.) :

The Queen's mercy = gender and judgment in representations of Elizabeth I /
Villeponteaux, Mary.

The Queen's mercygender and judgment in representations of Elizabeth I /[electronic resource] :Mary Villeponteaux. - 1st ed. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan :2014. - 240 p.

Electronic book text.

1. By Nature Full of Mercy: The Clemency of the Queen 2. Proud and Pitilesse: Elizabethan Mercy and the Sonnet Tradition 3. A Goodly Musicke in Her Regiment: Elizabethan Justice in The Merchant of Venice 4. A Due Sincerity Governed His Deeds: Equity, Gender, and Privacy 5. My Nobler Reason: Masculine Mercy After Elizabeth.

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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.During the Elizabethan era, beliefs about women's susceptibility to emotion intersected with debates about monarchical power and equity in law to make 'mercy' a particularly complex concept. It made frequent appearances in the work of writers of the era such as Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney, Daniel, and others who explored the wellsprings of clemency and its role in society. Through a fresh reading of such depictions, author Mary Villeponteaux shows that, under Elizabeth I, mercy was contested both conceptually and in practice and that its cultural representation was directly shaped by tensions surrounding the exercise of judgment by a woman on the throne.

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Mary Villeponteaux is Associate Professor of Literature at Georgia Southern University, USA.

ISBN: 1137371757 (electronic bk.) :£57.50Subjects--Personal Names:

1010569
Elizabeth,
HM, Queen, The Queen Mother,1900-2002.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1010570
Clemency in literature.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

1008824
Great Britain
--Relations--European Union countries.

LC Class. No.: DA355 / .V55 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 820.9351

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