Changing the subject : Mary Wroth and figurations of gender in early modern England / Naomi J. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Naomi J., 1960- author.

Series:

Studies in the English Renaissance.

Studies in the English Renaissance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and literature--England--History--17th century.

Women and literature.

Authorship--Sex differences.

Authorship.

Sex role in literature.

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

Wroth, Mary, Lady, approximately 1586-approximately 1640.

Wroth, Mary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lady Mary Wroth (c. 1587-1653) wrote the first sonnet sequence in English by a woman, one of the first plays by a woman, and the first published work of fiction by an Englishwoman. Yet, despite her status as a member of the distinguished Sidney family, Wroth met with disgrace at court for her authorship of a prose romance, which was adjudged an inappropriate endeavor for a woman and was forcibly withdrawn from publication. Only recently has recognition of Wroth's historical and literary importance been signaled by the publication of the first modern edition of her romance, The Countess of Mou

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Figurations of Gender; 2 Dark Lady: This Self Which Is Not One; 3 Matriarch's Daughter: Ties That Bind; 4 Sovereign Subject: The Politics of Gender; 5 Engendering Discourse: In a Different Voice; 6 Between Women: Becoming Visible; Epilogue: Changing the Subject; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813185163

0813185165

9780813158846

0813158842

OCLC:

603826777