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Mary Sidney, Lady Wroth (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Mary Sidney, Lady Wroth (Hardcover, New Ed)
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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.
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