Elizabeth I in Writing

1. Introduction
Donatella Montini, Iolanda Plescia

Part I. Elizabeth as Author

2. The Young Princess Elizabeth, Neo-Latin, and the Power of the Written Word
Brenda M. Hosington

3. Ethics from the Classroom: Elizabeth I’s Translation of Cicero’s “Pro Marcello”
Alessandra Petrina

4. Styling Power: A Corpus-Linguistic Approach to the Correspondence of Queen Elizabeth I
Mel Evans

5. “Beholde Me Thy Handmaiden”: The Pragmatics and Politics of Queen Elizabeth’s Prayers
Donatella Montini

6. Elizabeth I as Poet: Some Notes on “On Monsieur’s Departure” and John Dowland’s “Now O Now I Needs Must Part”
Cristina Vallaro

Part II. Elizabeth Authored

7. A Critical Edition and Discussion of SP 70/2 f.94: A Letter and Two Sonnets by Celio Magno to Queen Elizabeth I
Carlo M. Bajetta, Guillaume Coatalen

8. “La Comediante Politica”: On Gregorio Leti’s 1693 Life of Queen Elizabeth I
Giovanni Iamartino

9. Multilingualism at the Tudor Court: Henry, Elizabeth and the Love Letter Genre
Iolanda Plescia

Part III. The Gift of Language, the Language of the Gift

10. What Elizabeth Knew. Language as Mirror and Gift
Nadia Fusini

11. Queen Elizabeth and the Power and Language of the Gift
Carole Levin

Keywords: History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Early Modern Europe, Literary History, Gender Studies, Political History