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Age of Spenser: Critical Essay by John N. King

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SOURCE: "Queen Elizabeth I: Representations of the Virgin Queen," in Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. XLIII, No. 1, Spring, 1990, pp. 30-74.

Below, King discusses the "Cult of the Virgin Queen " Elizabeth in art and literature, noting that this iconography reflects her virginity as a source of personal independence and political power.

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