Werner, Courtney
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Re-gendering the monarchy as the queen's three bodies : Spenser's use of the body politic as a metaphor for England's political state and the de-feminization of the English empire in The Faerie Queen , 2017
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Identifier: b7717404
Introduction [excerpt]
In literature, government and its structures are often related to the human body. Edmund Spenser uses the body as a metaphor to represent the body politic of the nation of England in The Faerie Queen .... For example, Britomart's virginity is similar to the powerful political position of England during this time period. All of England's borders were secure and Queen Elizabeth I was successful at maintaining a secure and inviolable nation. Adding to the...
Dates:
2017
Waiting for the world to be made through folklore, food, and feminism : an analysis of Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God , 2020
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Identifier: b7930294
Introduction [excerpt]
Zora Neale Hurston is a renowned author, folklorist, anthropologist, and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston infused Southern vernacular and poetic expression to produce an unprecedented narrative voice.... I argue that Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is a modern folktale intended to expose and reconstruct the repetitive paradigms of racial and gender ... inequality while creating a new consciousness of egalitarianism.
Dates:
2020