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Gender, interpretation, and political rule in Sidney's Arcadia

Title: Gender, interpretation, and political rule in Sidney's Arcadia / Kathryn DeZur.
Author: DeZur, Kathryn.
Publication: Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2013.

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xxxvii, 153 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Describes the literary reaction of three women to Sidney's Arcadia; Lady Mary Sidney Herbert (Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia) Lady Mary Sidney Wroth (Urania), and Anna Weamys (Continuation of Sir Philip Syndey's Arcadia) wrote responses to Arcadia that engage with the same issues of the power of rhetoric and rule by women that Sidney tackles in Arcadia.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-144) and index.

Contents

Queens and wives -- Wives and regents as readers -- Defending the castle in Sidney's Old Arcadia -- Counting the countess -- Lady Mary Wroth's reading of romance -- Sewing accord with A Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia.

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JFE 13-489

ISBN

9781611494181 (cloth : alk. paper)
1611494184 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611494198 (electronic)
1611494192 (electronic)

LCCN

2012036980

OCLC

811777679

Author

DeZur, Kathryn.

Title

Gender, interpretation, and political rule in Sidney's Arcadia / Kathryn DeZur.

Imprint

Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2013.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-144) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 13-489

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