The Countess of Montgomery's Urania (abridged)

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania (abridged)
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Publisher : Medieval and Renaissance Texts
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ISBN-10 : 0866984518
ISBN-13 : 9780866984515
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Download or read book The Countess of Montgomery's Urania (abridged) written by Lady Mary Wroth and published by Medieval and Renaissance Texts. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first romance written by an Englishwoman, Mary Wroth's Countess of Montgomery's Urania is a literary tour de force in its own right. As the niece of Sir Philip Sidney, Mary Wroth was ideally situated as an observer and reporter of the social, literary, and political milieu of her time. This abridged modern-spelling edition, with a useful introduction and index of characters, makes this work newly accessible to general readers, students, and scholars.


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