{"product_id":"goddesses-and-queens-9780719090110","title":"Goddesses and Queens","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe visual images of Queen Elizabeth I, displayed in contemporary portraits and perpetuated in more recent media such as film and television, make her one of the most familiar and popular of all British monarchs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays in \u003cem\u003eGoddesses and Queens\u003c\/em\u003e examines the diversity of the queen's extensive iconographical repertoire, focusing on both visual and textual representations of Elizabeth—not only in portraiture and literature—but also in contemporary sermons, speeches, and alchemical treatises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection broadens current critical thinking about Elizabeth, as each of the essays contributes to the debate about the ways in which the queen's developing iconicity was not simply a celebratory mode, but also encoded criticism of her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach of these essays explains the ways in which the varied representations of Elizabeth reflect the political and cultural anxieties of her subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849186693356,"sku":"9780719090110","price":99.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/30343482444.jpg?v=1759026527","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/goddesses-and-queens-9780719090110","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}