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A short version of chapter 1 appeared in Explorations in Renaissance Culture 37 (2011): 51–70. An early draft of chapter 2 appeared in English Literary Renaissance 43.1 (2013): 86–127 (© 2013 by English Literary Renaissance Inc.). Thanks to these journals for their permission to reuse these materials.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Vanhoutte, Jacqueline, 1968– author.

Title: Age in love: Shakespeare and the Elizabethan court / Jacqueline Vanhoutte.

Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2019. | Series: Early modern cultural studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018051867

ISBN 9781496207593 (cloth: alk. paper)

ISBN 9781496214539 (epub)

ISBN 9781496214546 (mobi)

ISBN 9781496214553 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616—Political and social views. | Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616—Characters—Queens. | Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603—Relations with courts and courtiers. | English literature—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism. | Older men in literature. | Courts and courtiers in literature. | Great Britain—Court and courtiers—History—16th century.

Classification: LCC PR3024 .V36 2019 | DDC 822.3/3—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018051867.

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