“We princes are set on stages”: Performing Power in Elizabethan England
The aim of this article is to explore Elizabeth’s performative power as manifesting itself on the scaffold and on the stage, in royal portraits and processions. Drawing on Foucault and new historicism, it will discuss the Queen’s reliance on spectacle and ambiguity to enhance her authority and reac...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2020-11-01
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The aim of this article is to explore Elizabeth’s performative power as manifesting itself on the scaffold and on the stage, in royal portraits and processions. Drawing on Foucault and new historicism, it will discuss the Queen’s reliance on spectacle and ambiguity to enhance her authority and reach the population at large.
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5ceb8c4db1a4947a23c44c483e859102023-01-18T08:45:58ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Neophilologica0567-784X2350-417X2020-11-01531-210.4312/an.53.1-2.83-100“We princes are set on stages”: Performing Power in Elizabethan EnglandElke Mettinger0University of Vienna, Austria The aim of this article is to explore Elizabeth’s performative power as manifesting itself on the scaffold and on the stage, in royal portraits and processions. Drawing on Foucault and new historicism, it will discuss the Queen’s reliance on spectacle and ambiguity to enhance her authority and reach the population at large. https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/9678Elizabeth Ispectacleambiguity of powerFoucaultShakespeareHenry V |
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| title | “We princes are set on stages”: Performing Power in Elizabethan England |
| title_full | “We princes are set on stages”: Performing Power in Elizabethan England |
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| title_short | “We princes are set on stages”: Performing Power in Elizabethan England |
| title_sort | we princes are set on stages performing power in elizabethan england |
| topic | Elizabeth I spectacle ambiguity of power Foucault Shakespeare Henry V |
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