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The legacy of Boadicea : gender and nation in early modern England / Jodi Mikalachki.

The Legacy of Boadicea explores the construction of personal and national identities in early modern England. It highlights the problems and anxieties of national identity in a nation with no native classical past. Written in an accessible style, The Legacy of Boadicea: * offers powerful new reading...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Mikalachki, Jodi, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Subjects:
Boadicea, > Queen, > -62 > Influence.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Cymbeline.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > King Lear.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Great Britain > History > Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. > Historiography.
Women and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
History, Ancient, in literature.
Women soldiers in literature.
Britons in literature.
Boadicea, > Queen, > -62.
Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William)
King Lear (Shakespeare, William)
English literature > Early modern.
Historiography.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Women and literature.
England.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. From Mater Terra to the artificial man
  • 2. King Lear and the tragedy of native origins
  • 3. Cymbeline and the masculine romance of Roman Britain
  • 4. The domestication of the savage queen.

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