Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens

Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens is a lively and erudite collection, unusual in an especially appealing way. This collection of essays shows how queens were represented in the Middle Ages and Renaissance through primary accounts, chronicles, and literary representations. The book also contains modern poetry and short plays about these same queens, allowing readers to understand and appreciate them both intellectually and emotionally. Contributors study a wide range of queens including such famous and fascinating women as Queen Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, Hecuba, the Empress Matilda, Mary Stuart, Margaret of Anjou, Catherine of Aragon, and the pirate queen Grace O'Malley. By pairing scholarly essays with contemporary poems about them, the collection demonstrates the continued relevance and immediacy of these powerful and fascinating women.

Carole Levin is Willa Cather Professor of History and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program at the University of Nebraska, USA. Her previous books include Dreaming the English Renaissance (2008) and The Reign of Elizabeth I (2003). She co-edits the Queenship and Power series with Charles Beem. Christine Stewart-Nuñez is Associate Professor of English at South Dakota State University, USA and author of five poetry collections: Snow, Salt, Honey (2012); Keeping Them Alive (2011); Postcard on Parchment (2008); Unbound Branded (2006); and The Love of Unreal Things (2005).

Hecuba Marguerite Tassi, Tears for Hecuba: Empathy and Maternal Bereavement in Golding's Translation of Ovid Metamorphosis Marguerite Tassi, Hecuba's Dream Darla Biefieldt, Hecuba Laments Cleopatra Andrea Nichols, 'I was not I?' Tracing the Representations of Cleopatra in English Drama Erika Stevens, Grand Unified Theory Boudicca Katarzyna Lecky, How the Iceni Became British: Holinshed's Boudicca and the Rhetoric of Naturalization M. Wells, The Queen Iceni Seeks Andraste Carole Levin, The Heart and Stomach of a Queen The Empress Matilda Charles Beem, The Virtuous Virago: The Empress Matilda and the Politics of Womanhood in Twelfth Century England Dennis Henry, Maud and Ellie Play Chess Queen Margaret Carole Levin, Queen Margaret in Shakespeare and Chronicles: She-Wolf or Heroic Spirit Regina Buccola, After Lives Catherine of Aragon Theresa Earenfight, Regarding Catherine of Aragon Christine Stewart-Nuñez, Of Books and Bijou: The Poet's Letter to Katherine Christine Stewart-Nuñez, Granadas: Katherine to Her Daughter Mary Stuart Alyson Alvarez, The Widow of Scots; Examining Mary Stuart in her Widowhoods Mary Ruth Donnelly, Mary Queen of Scots in Hell Elizabeth I Paul Strauss, The Virgin Queen as Nurse of the Church: Manipulating an Image of Elizabeth I in Court Sermons Sonja Drimmer, Questionable Contexts: A Pedigree Book and Queen Elizabeth's Teeth Amber Harris Leichner, For My Eyes, Part 1 Amber Harris Leichner, For My Eyes, Part 2 Regina Buccola, The First of That Name Grace O'Malley Brandie Siegfried, Notorious Irish Queen: Gráinne Ní Mháille, Graven Memory, and the Making of Legend Heidi Czerwiec, Grace: O'Malley meets the English Queen Gifts and Poison, Whispers and Letters Catherine Medici, More Than a Wife and Mother: Jane Dudley, the Woman Who Bequeathed a Parrot and Served Five Queens. Jo Carney, Poisoning Queens in Early Modern England Megan Gannon, On the Revolutions of Space Grace Bauer, The Kingdom if I can