1. Notes on Ralegh and Elizabeth
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    1. Generation after More, Henry VIII and Erasmus
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      1. Elizabethan Age—the myth—self generated—PR, romance, adventure, superstars—ego and personality
        1. Soldier, lover, scholar
        2. vita triplex: activa, voluptuosa, contemplativa
      2. Religious wars—protestant vs. Catholics in France and Spain
      3. England vs. Spain and Netherlands
      4. Exploration—Virginia—virgin Queen and virgin land
      5. El Dorado – Gold and Greed; capitalism; monopolies; colonies
      6. Intrigue at court—Ralegh and rivals; Elizabeth and Mary—beheading at the tower
      7. Sprezzatura—casual, art hiding art
      8. Romance—seduction and marriage to Elizabeth Throckmorton—see John Donne, same generation
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    2. Ralegh poems—lace and steel—the image See Luminarium
      1. Nature that washed her hands in milk
        1. Mistress of snow and silk—please love’s fancy
        2. Violet breath and lips of jelly, soft down on belly, inside
        3. Then to contrast—heart of stone: Petrarchan bel dame sans merci
        4. Time, another enemy is made of steel and rust [sword]
        5. Time’s ravages—poet changes topic
        6. Pessimism--Stoicism
      2. To the queen
        1. Paradoxes of silence and speech—self deprecation and praise; witty triumph—wordy silence; hidden message; multiple meanings sent and received
        2. Queen's ideology--Diana, Cynthia--the unattainable beloved--power and sex
      3. On the life of man
        1. Stage metaphor
        2. Extended conceit
        3. See p. 580—deWitt sketch
        4. Final turn and surprise
      4. Author’s epitaph
        1. Final turn also—play on trust—take in trust vs. I trust
      5. As you came from the Holy Land
        1. Ballad set to music
        2. The questioner is bereft
        3. Interrogatory identifying an angel
        4. Varying pace
        5. Youth vs. Age—he’s lost her and his own youth
        6. Love as heartless child, woman’s love
        7. Love as durable fire
      6. The Lie—bitterness and satire; the problem of appearance
      7. The Passionate Shepherd and Nymphs reply p. 1098 and Luminarium
    3. The Discovery of the large, rich and beautiful empire of Guiana—1596
      1. Who is audience?
        1. Expedition returns nothing and he offers excuses and asks for more support; defends himself from detractors
      2. Purpose of this piece--rhetoric of title--investor prospectus
        1. Quote 1057: The country hath more quantity of gold…
        2. Gold fever—madre del oro
        3. Sales pitch—he’s a developer 1065 raising capital;
      3. Power of Gold used by the Spanish to cause trouble—just like Utopians in interntional relations—1059
        1. Charles Fifth had the maidenhead of Peru 1059
        2. Ralegh in the war party against Spain; James tries to keep peace; Elizabeth is rival but doesn’t go for all out attack
        3. again the black legend of the Spanish—their cruelty and treachery
      4. Amazon story—at second hand 1061
      5. Description of Orinoco and native cultures—tribes stop warring against each other and unite against the Spanish
      6. Story of meeting king and how successful he is in convincing them to submit to the queen; gathering intelligence
      7. Guiana is a coutnry that hath yet her maidenhead, never sacked turned, nor wrought…1064 cf. Virginia
      8. Ending with a prophecy of the coming of Inglatierra; lady of lady; Amazons of Amazons
    4. Barlow p. 1070
      1. We found the people most gentle lvoe and faithful void of all guile and treason and such as live after the manner of the golden age.
    5. Harriot
      1. Even more—on how easy it is to conquer the natives of virginia 1071-48
    6. Elizabeth--Shakespeare in Love section beginning with applause to RJ
      1. Biography—pictures, movies, novels—who is she?
      2. Tough—imprisoned and then vengeful and vaunting—read Doubt of future foes--Poulters measure—thirteen
      3. On Monsieru’s departure
      4. Conceit and paradox; subjectivity; self and role—a love complaint
      5. Speeches—lived and died a virgin
      6. Judy Dench performance
      7. Queen on love and her self-pity and vulnerability.
      8. Body of weak and feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too
      9. Repealing the monopolies—money and government