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'In these final shots of this deeply ahistorical drama, Kapur conveys brilliantly the most familiar myth surrounding Elizabeth I, namely that she fashioned her own image and created the cult of the Virgin Queen as a political device to inspire awe in her subjects, consolidate her political power, and signal her intention never to marry.'
— Mar 23, 2017 08:18PM
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Charlie Fenton
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'there was no systematic presentation of Elizabeth as a virgin queen before the 1580s, but thereafter allusions to her virginity dominated her representation in miniatures and recurred frequently in court paintings. English book illustrations, however, continued to depict her in ways that illustrated the theme of the particular book, and very few exploited her virginity at all.'
— Mar 27, 2017 04:47PM
