The Queen's Two Bodies and the Elizabethan Male Subject in John Lyly's Gallathea (1592)
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| dc.contributor.author | Singh, Amritesh | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-23T06:55:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-01-23T06:55:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article reads John Lyly’s Gallathea as an experiment in the representation of Elizabeth in the political context specific to the mid- to late-1580s. The argument diverges from the critical tradition that regards the play as part of a series of attempts to promote representations of Elizabeth as the Virgin Queen, which included Lyly’s Endimion. The article presents Gallathea as introducing a parallel strain in Elizabethan political discourse where, instead of being divorced from one another, female sexuality and female authority exist in a state of happy union. Concomitantly, the article highlights how Gallathea gestures towards a new code of manhoodand courtliness that does not regard the union between female sexuality and authority as a cause for anxiety, thereby showcasing Lyly himself as the ideal male subject in this discursive realm, equally desirous of and deserving Elizabeth’s patronage. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Amritesh Singh, 'The Queen's Two Bodies and the Elizabethan Male Subject in John Lyly's Gallathea (1592)', Southern African Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 27 (2017): 53-86 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1017-3455 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12430/549394 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Southern African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Elizabethan Drama | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Greek mythology | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The Queen's Two Bodies and the Elizabethan Male Subject in John Lyly's Gallathea (1592) | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |