目次

1. IntroductionI. Elizabeth as Author2. The Young Princess Elizabeth, Neo-Latin and the Power of the Written Word3. Ethics from the Classroom: Elizabeth I's translation of Cicero's Pro Marcello4. Styling Power: A corpus-linguistic approach to the correspondence of Queen Elizabeth I5. "Beholde me thy handmaid": The pragmatics and politics of Queen Elizabeth's prayers6. Elizabeth I as Poet: Some notes on "Monsierur's departure" and John Dowland's "Now O now I needs must part"II. Elizabeth Authored7. A Critical Edition and Discussion of SP 70/2 f.94: A letter and two sonnets by Celio Magno to Queen Elizabeth I8. "La Comediante Politica": On Gregorio Leti's 1693 Life of Queen Elizabeth I9. Multilingualism at the Tudor Court: Henry, Elizabeth and the love letter genreIII. The Gift of Language, the Language of the Gift10. What Elizabeth Knew. Language as Mirror and Gift11. Queen Elizabeth and the Power and Language of the Gift