Will the Real Elizabeth Tudor Please Stand Up Myth and Historical Accuracy in Shekhar Kapurs Elizabeth
This paper examines the film Elizabeth (1998) by Shekhar Kapur in regard to historical accuracy and the myth about history that the film constructs in its telling. The paper describes the major ways that the details of the film vary from the historical facts as understood by historians but is much more focused on the implication for Western culture and modernity.