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Lady Mary Wroth (née Sidney; 18 October 1587 [ 1] – 1651/3) was an English noblewoman and a poet of the English Renaissance. A member of a distinguished literary family, Lady Wroth was among the first female English writers to have achieved an enduring reputation. Mary Wroth was niece to Mary Herbert née Sidney (Countess of Pembroke and one ...
The Countess of Montgomery's Urania, also known as Urania, is a prose romance by English Renaissance writer Lady Mary Wroth. Composed at the beginning of the 17th century, it is the first known prose romance written by an English woman. The full work exists in two volumes, the first published in 1621 and the second written, but unpublished ...
Pamphilia to Amphilanthus. Pamphilia to Amphilanthus is a sonnet sequence by the English Renaissance poet Lady Mary Wroth, first published as part of The Countess of Montgomery's Urania in 1621, but subsequently published separately. [ 1] It is the second known sonnet sequence by a woman writer in England (the first was by Anne Locke ). [ 2]
John Wroth was a great-grandson of Hugh's youngest son Richard (died c. 1292), who became established at Enfield under the name of de Wrotham. The lines and estates of John and Maud were united in their son William. [7] John Wroth, great-grandson of John and Maud, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst ( Horsted Keynes ...
Love's Victory is a Jacobean era pastoral closet drama written circa 1620 by English Renaissance writer Lady Mary Wroth. The play is the first known original pastoral drama and the first original dramatic comedy written by a woman. [1] It is written primarily in rhyming couplets.
Wroth. Wroth is a surname, and may refer to: Henry Wroth, an English royalist soldier. John Wroth, any of several people of that name. Krysty Wroth a fictional character. Lawrence C. Wroth (1884 – 1970) an American historian. Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651/3) an English poet. Robert Wroth (Middlesex MP) (1540?–1606) an English politician who ...
Robert, born in Middlesex about 1540, was eldest son of Sir Thomas Wroth (died 1573) by his wife Mary, daughter of Richard, Lord Rich. He was admitted a pensioner of St John's College, Cambridge, on 21 April 1553, but, owing to the religious changes consequent on the accession of Mary I, he left the university without a degree soon after his ...
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