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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100754660532

ISBN-139780754660538

eBay Product ID (ePID)81799606

Product Key Features

Number of Pages430 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMary Sidney, Lady Wroth

Publication Year2010

SubjectWomen Authors, General, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

TypeTextbook

AuthorMargaret P. Hannay

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight39.2 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2009-035320

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey DecimalB

SynopsisIn this first full-length biography of Mary Wroth, Margaret Hannay's heavy reliance on primary sources results in some corrections, as well as additions, to our knowledge of Wroth's life. The narrative is enhanced with tables and appendices, including: a chronology; a map of England, marking places where Wroth lived; a map of the Netherlands, showing Flushing (Vlissingen); family trees of the Sidneys and the Wroths; and a chart of family alliances., Despite her fascinating life and her importance as a writer, until now Lady Mary Wroth has never been the subject of a full-length biography. Margaret Hannay's reliance on primary sources results in some corrections, as well as additions, to our knowledge of Wroth's life, including Hannay's discovery of the career of her son William, the marriages of her daughter Katherine, her grandchildren, her last years, the date of her death, and the subsequent history of her manuscripts. This biography situates Lady Mary Wroth in her family and court context, emphasizing the growth of the writer's mind in the sections on her childhood and youth, with particular attention to her learned aunt, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, as literary mentor, and to her Continental connections, notably Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange, and her stepson Prince Maurice. Subsequent chapters of the biography treat her experience at the court of Queen Anne, her relationships with parents and siblings, her love for her cousin William Herbert, her marriage to Robert Wroth, the birth and early death of her only legitimate child, her finances and properties, her natural children, her grandchildren, and her last years in the midst of England's civil wars. Throughout the biography attention is paid to the complex connections between Wroth's life and work. The narrative is enhanced with a chronology; family trees for the Sidneys and Wroths; a map of Essex, showing where Wroth lived; a chart of family alliances; portraits; and illustrations from her manuscripts., Despite her fascinating life and her importance as a writer, until now Lady Mary Wroth has never been given a full-length biography. Margaret Hannay's heavy reliance on primary sources results in some corrections, as well as additions, to our knowledge of Wroth's life.This biography of Lady Mary Wroth emphasizes the growth of the writer's mind in the sections on her childhood and youth, with particular attention to her learned aunt, Mary Sidney Herbert, as literary mentor, and to her Continental connections, notably Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange and her stepson Prince Maurice, with whom Mary lived in Flushing during her childhood sojourns there.Subsequent chapters of the biography treat her experience at the court of Queen Anne (including her roles in Jonson's masques and her association with Elizabeth Stuart, later Queen of Bohemia), her love for her cousin William Herbert, her marriage to Robert Wroth, her experience as a member of the Wroth family of Essex, the birth and early death of her only legitimate child, her finances and properties, her natural children, and her last years.The narrative is enhanced with tables and appendices, including: a chronology; a map of England, marking places where Wroth lived; a map of the Netherlands, showing Flushing (Vlissingen); family trees of the Sidneys and the Wroths; and a chart of family alliancesLady Mary Wroth, A Biography is essential reading for scholars working on early modern women and on the various members of the Sidney family. Its detailed representation of family life in the period from 1585 to 1653 will also interest historians and literary scholars of the period.

LC Classification NumberPR2399.W7