The Literary Side of the Armada

Cristina Vallaro is Associate Professor of English Literature at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy. Her work focuses on the Elizabethan Age, William Shakespeare and the didactics of literature. Her publications include the books Queen Elizabeth I on Progress. The Kenilworth and Elvetham Pageants as Reported in John Nichols’ Work (2011), Elisabetta I poetessa e regina (2014), and I mille volti di Shakespeare nella cultura di massa (2016). She is also the author of many essays, including “Elizabeth I as Poet: Some Notes on “On Monsieur’s Departure” and John Dowland’s “Now O Now I Needs Must Part”” (2018), “The Simpsons’ Version of Hamlet” (2017), and “L’epica nel Rinascimento Inglese” (2012).