Bøker av Professor Mary Ellen Lamb

Lady Mary Wroth's "Urania" and "Pamphilia to Amphilanthus" constitute the first romance and the first sonnet sequence to be published by an Englishwoman. This volume gathers together some of the criticism addressing Wroth's oeuvre. It also discusses the intellectual and cultural contexts in which she wrote.

Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, was renowned in her own time for her metrical translation of biblical Psalms, several original poems, translations from French and Italian, and her literary patronage. This book offers a brief introduction to her life and an overview of the critical reception of her works.