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Changing the Subject: Mary Wroth and Figurations of Gender in Early Modern
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Changing the Subject: Mary Wroth and Figurations of Gender in Early Modern England Hardcover - 1996

by Naomi Miller


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Lady Mary Wroth (c. 1587-1653) wrote the first sonnet sequence in English by a woman, one of the first plays by a woman, and the first published work of fiction by an Englishwoman. Yet, despite her status as a member of the distinguished Sidney family, Wroth met with disgrace at court for her authorship of a prose romance, which was adjudged an inappropriate endeavor for a woman and was forcibly withdrawn from publication. Only recently has recognition of Wroth's historical and literary importance been signalled by publication of the first modern edition of her romance, The Countess of Mountgomeries Urania. Naomi Miller offers an illuminating study of this significant early modern woman writer. Using multiple critical/theoretical perspectives, including French feminism, new historicism, and cultural materialism, she examines constructions of gender in Wroth's time. Moving beyond the emphasis on victimization that has shaped many previous studies, she considers the range of strategies devised by women writers of the period to establish voices for themselves despite daunting cultural constraints.

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  • Title Changing the Subject: Mary Wroth and Figurations of Gender in Early Modern England
  • Author Naomi Miller
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-04-18
  • ISBN 9780813119649 / 0813119642
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.29 x 6.33 x 1.05 in (23.60 x 16.08 x 2.67 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Sex role in literature, Renaissance - England
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95026151
  • Dewey Decimal Code 828.309

About the author

Naomi Miller, professor of English and the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College, is the author of numerous books, including Gender and Constructions of Childhood in the Early Modern World.

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