Theodora A. Jankowski, Rochester, NY, USA.

As a whole, Jankowski's book offers an interesting analysis of Lyly's plays that engages with some of the newest criticism of Lyly. . . . Jankowski suggests that in Lyly's plays he does represent the positive Elizabeth, but it is impossible not to find the dark Elizabeth. For Jankowski, the positives images always carry the negative images with them. This idea by itself is thought-provoking and gives pause to all of the overtly positive images of Elizabeth that were created during her reign. --Valerie Schutte, The Medieval Review, 19.11.22

• 1. Introduction: Elizabeth I, John Lyly, and the Monstrosity of Icons2. Rulership and the Monarch's Two Bodies in Sapho and Phao, Campaspe, and Midas3. Gender, Alpha Males, and All-Around Bullies in Love's Metamorphosis4. Sexuality, Lesbian Desire, and the Necessity of a Penis in Gallathea5. Male Friendship and Unruly Women in Endimion6. Early Modern Economics in the EntertainmentsCoda: The Man in the Moon and The Woman in the Moon or Whose Moon is it Really?

Theodora A. Jankowski, Rochester, NY, USA.

As a whole, Jankowski's book offers an interesting analysis of Lyly's plays that engages with some of the newest criticism of Lyly. . . . Jankowski suggests that in Lyly's plays he does represent the positive Elizabeth, but it is impossible not to find the dark Elizabeth. For Jankowski, the positives images always carry the negative images with them. This idea by itself is thought-provoking and gives pause to all of the overtly positive images of Elizabeth that were created during her reign. --Valerie Schutte, The Medieval Review, 19.11.22

• 1. Introduction: Elizabeth I, John Lyly, and the Monstrosity of Icons2. Rulership and the Monarch's Two Bodies in Sapho and Phao, Campaspe, and Midas3. Gender, Alpha Males, and All-Around Bullies in Love's Metamorphosis4. Sexuality, Lesbian Desire, and the Necessity of a Penis in Gallathea5. Male Friendship and Unruly Women in Endimion6. Early Modern Economics in the EntertainmentsCoda: The Man in the Moon and The Woman in the Moon or Whose Moon is it Really?

Theodora A. Jankowski, Rochester, NY, USA.

As a whole, Jankowski's book offers an interesting analysis of Lyly's plays that engages with some of the newest criticism of Lyly. . . . Jankowski suggests that in Lyly's plays he does represent the positive Elizabeth, but it is impossible not to find the dark Elizabeth. For Jankowski, the positives images always carry the negative images with them. This idea by itself is thought-provoking and gives pause to all of the overtly positive images of Elizabeth that were created during her reign. --Valerie Schutte, The Medieval Review, 19.11.22

• 1. Introduction: Elizabeth I, John Lyly, and the Monstrosity of Icons2. Rulership and the Monarch's Two Bodies in Sapho and Phao, Campaspe, and Midas3. Gender, Alpha Males, and All-Around Bullies in Love's Metamorphosis4. Sexuality, Lesbian Desire, and the Necessity of a Penis in Gallathea5. Male Friendship and Unruly Women in Endimion6. Early Modern Economics in the EntertainmentsCoda: The Man in the Moon and The Woman in the Moon or Whose Moon is it Really?