1st Edition
Mary Wroth Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 10
By Josephine A. Roberts
Copyright 1996
616 Pages
by
Routledge
616 Pages
by
Routledge
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Mary Wroth (1587-1653?) was niece and god-daughter of Mary Sidney Herbert. She was married in 1604 to Sir Robert Wroth with whom she joined the Court circle of James I. In 1618 she began work on her enormous prose romance The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania. The first known work of original fiction by an Englishwoman it reflects her experience as an eyewitness to the turbulent Jacobean Court.... Read more
Contents: Introductory note; The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania; Appendix.
Biography
Series Editors: Betty S. Travitsky, Center for the Study of Women and Society, Graduate Center, City University of New York, Patrick Cullen, Ph.D Program in English, Graduate Center, City University of New York.
