Isabella Whitney, Mary Sidney, and Aemelia Lanyer : Renaissance women poets / edited by Danielle Clarke.
Title:
Isabella Whitney, Mary Sidney, and Aemelia Lanyer : Renaissance women poets / edited by Danielle Clarke.
Other Title:
Whitney, Sidney, and Lanyer
Publisher:
London ; New York : Penguin Books,
Publication Date:
2000
ISBN:
9780140424096
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages xli-xliii).
Contents:
From A sweet nosgay ; the copy of a letter / Isabella Whitney -- The Sidney psalter ; The Triumph of Death translated out of Italian by the Countesse of Pembroke / Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke -- Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum / Aemilia Lanyer.
Abstract:
"Isabella Whitney explored issues of sexual morality and her sense of exclusion from the vibrantly greedy and commercial London of the 1570s. Mary Sidney, sister of Sir Philip, produced powerful translations of Petrarch and the Psalms as well as original verse in order to mourn her late brother, develop his legacy and promote the Protestant cause. Aemilia Lanyer, probably the most obviously 'feminist' of these three, wrote poetry which defends Eve's actions in the Garden of Eden, celebrates female virtue and spirituality, and argues for the creation of a non-hierarchical community of 'good women'. All are strong and original voices which alter our picture of the golden age of English Literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Content Type:
text
Carrier Type:
volume
Local Note:
MUW--Gift of Dr. Bridget S. Pieschel.
MUW--Dr. Bridget S. Pieschel Collection.
Language:
English
No. of Holds:
