In Defiance of Fortune
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Poet Queen Elizabeth I 1533–1603
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Renaissance
Subjects History & Politics, Social Commentaries, War & Conflict, Arts & Sciences, Philosophy
Biography
Although the influence of Queen Elizabeth I on the literature of the period that bears her name has been much discussed, her own status as an author has been less recognized. Critics have traced her role as subject of or inspiration for such works as Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590-1596), William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600), and some Petrarchan sonnets but have generally considered her as the author . . .
Poems by Queen Elizabeth I
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SUBJECT History & Politics, Social Commentaries, War & Conflict, Arts & Sciences, Philosophy
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Renaissance
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