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By J. Walker

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Surveying four-hundred years of British history, Walker examines how the memory - the icon - of Queen Elizabeth has been used as a marker for Englishness in disputes political and social, in art, literature and popular culture. From her second Westminster tomb to the pseudo-secret histories of the Restoration, from Georgian ballads to Victorian paintings, biographies, children's books, Suffragette banners, novels and films, trends in scholarship and rubber bath ducks, the icon becomes more ...

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Biography History Literature Art, Architecture & Photography Social Sciences Historical Biography European History Literary Criticism Art - History & Criticism Women's Biography Regional Studies History - Reference & Study Historical Biography - Britain British History - General & Miscellaneous English Literature General & Miscellaneous Literary Criticism Art by Subjects European Studies Historiography National Characteristics Britain - Historical Biography - 1485-1603 (Tudor Dynasty)Great Britain - General & Miscellaneous History English Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous Landscapes & Places in Art Politics & World Events in Art Historical Figures - Women's Biography European Studies - General & Miscellaneous Britain - Historical Biography - Rulers & Royal Families Great Britain Historiography 1485-1603 - Tudor Dynasty - British History National Characteristics - Europe

The Elizabeth Icon: 1603-2003

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