Changing the subject: Mary Wroth and figurations of gender in early modern England
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 author...
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| 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court for her authorship of a prose romance, which was adjudged an inappropriate endeavor for a woman and was forcibly withdrawn from publication.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 signalled by publication of the first modern edition of her romance, The Countess of Mountgomeries Urania Naomi Miller offers an illuminating study of this significant early modern woman writer. Using multiple critical/theoretical perspectives, including French feminism, new historicism, and cultural materialism, she examines constructions of gender in Wroth's time. Moving beyond the emphasis on victimization that has shaped many previous studies, she considers the range of strategies devised by women writers of the period to establish voices for themselves despite daunting cultural constraints |
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| adam_text | Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
1
Figurations of Gender
1
2
Dark Lady: This Self Which Is Not One
18
3
Matriarch s Daughter: Ties That Bind
64
4
Sovereign Subject: The Politics of Gender
109
5
Engendering Discourse: In a Different Voice
143
6
Between Women: Becoming Visible
182
Epilogue: Changing the Subject
234
Notes
237
Index
271
L^nanaìno
Mary Wroth and
Figurations of Gender
in Early Modern England
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 pub¬
lished work of fiction by an Englishwoman. Yet,
despite her status as a member of the distin¬
guished 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for a woman and was forcibly withdrawn from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
signalled by publication of the first modern
edition of her romance, The Countess of
Mountgomeries Urania.
Naomi Miller offers an illuminating study
of this significant early modern woman writer.
Using multiple critical/theoretical perspectives,
including French feminism, new historicism,
and cultural materialism, she examines construc¬
tions of gender in Wroth s time. Moving beyond
the emphasis on victimization that has shaped
many previous studies, she considers the range
of strategies devised by women writers of the
period to establish voices for themselves despite
daunting cultural constraints.
Where previous critics have viewed Wroth
primarily in relation to her male
literar)·
prede¬
cessors in the Sidney family, Miller explores
Wroth s engagement with a variety of cultural
discourses regarding gender, reading her in
Naomi ). Miller
is an assistant professor of English
at the University of Arizona.
relation to a broad range of English and conti¬
nental authors, both male and female, from
Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare to Aemilia
Lanyer, Elizabeth
Cary,
and Marguerite
de
Navarre. She also contextual
ízes
Wroth
s
writ¬
ings in relation to a variety of nonliterary texts of
the period, both political and domestic.
Thanks to Miller s sensitive readings,
Wroth s writings provide a lens through which
to view gender relations in the early modern
period.
Front cover illustration: Sofonisba Anguissola, A
Game of Chess, Involving the Painter s Three Sisters
und
a Servant
(1555).
Muzeum Národové,
Poznan,
Poland. Courtesy of Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New
York.
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