<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The present paper aims to explore the role of Queen Elizabeth I as literary patron and dedicatee of translations by focusing on the dedication that precedes Geoffrey Fenton’s rendering of Francesco Guicciardini’s Storia d’Italia. Fenton’s extensive dedication to the Queen is extremely revealing of the manner in which the system of patronage was understood in Elizabethan England. Moreover, it facilitates our understanding of the translator’s role and position at the Elizabethan court, of the political and cultural implications of choosing the Queen as the patron of a translation.</p></abstract>

The present paper aims to explore the role of Queen Elizabeth I as literary patron and dedicatee of translations by focusing on the dedication that precedes Geoffrey Fenton’s rendering of Francesco Guicciardini’s Storia d’Italia. Fenton’s extensive dedication to the Queen is extremely revealing of the manner in which the system of patronage was understood in Elizabethan England. Moreover, it facilitates our understanding of the translator’s role and position at the Elizabethan court, of the political and cultural implications of choosing the Queen as the patron of a translation.

Fashioning the Queen - Elizabeth I as Patron of Translations

“Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest, 176, Splaiul Independenței 176, sect.4, Bucharest

Gender Studies

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The present paper aims to explore the role of Queen Elizabeth I as literary patron and dedicatee of translations by focusing on the dedication that precedes...

Fashioning the Queen - Elizabeth I as Patron of Translations

Published Online: Feb 08, 2013

Page range: 135 - 145

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10320-012-0034-5

Keywords
literary patronage, translation, Queen Elizabeth I

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Fashioning the Queen - Elizabeth I as Patron of Translations

Published Online: Feb 08, 2013

Page range: 135 - 145

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10320-012-0034-5

Keywordsliterary patronage, translation, Queen Elizabeth I

This content is open access.

Keywords
literary patronage, translation, Queen Elizabeth I