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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kathryn DeZurPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: University of Delaware Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9781611495225ISBN 10: 1611495229 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 02 June 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on the Text Introduction Chapter 1: Queens and Wives Chapter 2: Wives and Regents as Readers Chapter 3: Defending the Castle in Sidney’s Old Arcadia Chapter 4: Counting the Countess Chapter 5: Lady Mary Wroth’s Reading of Romance Chapter 6: Sewing Accord with A Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia Bibliography About the Author IndexReviewsTouching on a daunting array of issues about early modern women as readers and writers of romance, DeZur focuses on depictions of royal women as targets-and occasionally agents of-verbal seduction, not only in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia (as her title suggests) but also in some of its literary progeny. Four chapters treating the individual works follow a pair of background chapters on women as rulers and as readers. These works include Sidney's original manuscript version of The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia; the radically revised version published in 1593 under the auspices of the countess herself, Philip's sister Mary; The Countess of Montgomery's Urania (1621) written by his niece, Lady Mary Wroth; and Anna Weamys's A Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia (1651). DeZur's linking of queenship to discourses about housewifery, and discussion of the lesser-known Weamys, will particularly interest scholars. Summing Up: Recommended. For comprehensive collections serving graduate students and researchers. * CHOICE * Touching on a daunting array of issues about early modern women as readers and writers of romance, DeZur focuses on depictions of royal women as targets-and occasionally agents of-verbal seduction, not only in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia (as her title suggests) but also in some of its literary progeny. Four chapters treating the individual works follow a pair of background chapters on women as rulers and as readers. These works include Sidney's original manuscript version of The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia; the radically revised version published in 1593 under the auspices of the countess herself, Philip's sister Mary; The Countess of Montgomery's Urania (1621) written by his niece, Lady Mary Wroth; and Anna Weamys's A Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia (1651). DeZur's linking of queenship to discourses about housewifery, and discussion of the lesser-known Weamys, will particularly interest scholars. Summing Up: Recommended. For comprehensive collections serving graduate students and researchers. CHOICE Author InformationKathryn DeZur is professor of English at the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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