Changing the Subject: Mary Wroth and Figurations of Gender in Early Modern England

by Naomi J. Miller

" 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court for her authorship of a prose romance, which was adjudged an inappropriate endeavor for a woman and was forcibly withdrawn from publication.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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813119642
• ISBN13: 9780813119649
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher