Some Books from Gonzaga

This Sunday I went down to the Gonzaga library and checked out a good deal of their section on early modern England. Two of the books I acquired that would probably be useful for our papers are Gloriana's Face by S.P. Cerasano and Marion Wynne-Davies, and The Invention of the Renaissance Woman edited by Pamela Joseph Benson. Gloriana's Face is a collection of essays that study of Queen Elizabeth's portraits and their historical contexts. Part of the books purpose is "to highlight the movement from the private, Elizabethan woman to her more public, Carolingean counterpart." So in many ways this book discusses topics we're working on in our papers such as shifts in women's roles from the Elizabethan to the Carolinean age. The second book The Invention of the Renaissance Woman is a study of the historical setting of 16th century Italy and 17th Century England and the roles of women in these places. It starts off with Italy which provides a look at what was happening to women in Italy around the time of Elizabeth, an interesting look at a neighboring culture. It then focuses on women in England during Elizabeth's and James' reigns. Both of these books are both a look back at Elizabeth and also a look at the influence she left after her death. Gloriana's Face could be particularly valuable to a lot of our papers, and The Invention...