‘In Her I See/All Beauties Frailty’: Mirroring Helen of Troy and Elizabeth I in Thomas Heywood’s <i>The Iron Age</i> and <i>The Second Part of The Iron Age</i> (c.1596/c.1610)
In this article I argue that Helen of Troy in Thomas Heywood’s <i>The Iron Age I</i> & <i>II</i> can be read as a figure for Elizabeth I during her final decade. Heywood appropriates multiple sources to emphasise images of age, decay and death which connect Helen and Eliz...
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MDPI AG
2022-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2410-9789/2/4/32 |