Fairy Tale Queens

Jo Eldridge Carney is Associate Professor of English at The College of New Jersey, USA. She is the author of essays on sixteenth-century literature, Shakespeare, and fairy tales and has edited essay collections o the early modern period.

'By exploring the confluences between fairy tale motifs and historical records related to queens and royal female consorts, Carney establishes unexpected and enlightening resonances between two cultural spheres, one literary, the other historical. Her contribution to queenship studies offers a unique lens through which to view the historical realities of European queens, from their pregnancy wishes and fears to their obligation to provide a royal heir, from their treatment by male monarchs to their various forms of self-representation. At the same time, this book makes a convincing case for the queen as a central figure, even a hallmark, of the fairy tale genre.' Marguerite A. Tassi, Martin Distinguished Professor in English, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA

• Early Modern Queens and the Intersection of Fairy Tales and Fact The Queen's (In)Fertile Body and the Body Politic Maternal Monstrosities: Early Modern Queens and the Reproduction of Heirs and Errors Succession The Fairest of Them All: Queenship and Beauty The Queen's Wardrobe: Dressing the Part The Queen's Body: Promiscuity at Court