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MARY SIDNEY HERBERT, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE IBD

HOBNOB PRESS
03 / 2022
9781914407321
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Sinopsis

The authors take a fresh approach to the telling of Mary SidneyâÇÖs fascinating story. She was a remarkable woman who spent a significant part of her life at Wilton House. Married at the age of fifteen to one of EnglandâÇÖs richest men, she was close to Queen Elizabeth I. As she lived at a time of political and religious change, her story is told against that background. The untimely death of her beloved brother, the courtier and poet, Sir Philip Sidney, altered the course of her life. Mary Sidney became a trend-setter, forging a pathway for women writers:áa talented poet, a skilful translator and editor and an influential patron of the arts. She wrote a version of Antony and Cleopatra.áHer metrical psalms inspired poets, including a distant relative, George Herbert.áHer legacy is traced to the wider world and the poetry of New England. Closer to home her relationship to key figures of the day is explored: James I, William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser, to name a few.áMary Sidney HerbertâÇÖs contribution to literature has never been sufficiently acknowledged but this book redresses that neglect and offers an engaging insight into an influential womanâÇÖs life.

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