The Politics of Genre in Early Women’s Writing: The Case of Lady Mary Wroth
2001; University of Western Ontario Libraries; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/esc.2001.0036
ISSN1913-4835
Autores Tópico(s)Literature: history, themes, analysis
ResumoLady Mary Wroth’s The First Part of the Countesse of Montgomeries Urania (1621) is a test case for current conflicting historical/biographical and aesthetic approaches to early women’s writings. In her romance, Wroth redefines her previous amorous lyric poetry as restrictive and demeaning, especially for women. Read through the intertexts of Sidney’s Defence of Poesy (1595), as well as his Arcadia, Wroth’s scandalous roman à clef maintains careful critical distance from her characters to become a didactic work of poetic imitation designed to shape and transform her culture.
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