| The Ashgate Research Companion to the Sidneys, 1500-1700: Volume 2: Literature Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hannay, Margaret P. (Editor), Lamb, Mary Ellen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1409450406 ISBN-13: 9781409450405 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Criticism | Renaissance - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2014042349 |
| Physical Information: (2.20 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presented in two volumes, The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700 assesses the current state of scholarship on members of the Sidney family and their impact, as historical and/or literary figures, in the period 1500-1700. Volume 2: Literature, begins with an exploration of the Sidneys' books and manuscripts and how they circulated, followed by an overview of the contributions of family members -Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke; Lady Mary Wroth; Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester; and William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke - in the genres of prose romance, drama, poetry, psalms and prose. These essays outline major controversies and areas for further research, as well as conducting literary analysis. |