The Resource Mediatrix : women, politics, and literary production in early modern England, Julie Crawford, (electronic resource)
Mediatrix : women, politics, and literary production in early modern England, Julie Crawford, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Mediatrix is about four interrelated communities in which politically influential women, or "mediatrixes, " played central roles, and the literary work they produced. The first focuses on Mary Sidney Herbert, the Sidney circle and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia; the second on Margaret Hoby's community of readers in recusant Yorkshire and the godly texts this reading kept alive; the third on the circle surrounding Lucy Harrington Russell, Countess of Bedford, and John Donne's verse letters, occasional poems and Holy Sonnets; and the fourth on Mary Wroth, the Sidney-Herbert alliance, and The Countess of Montgomery's Urania. While many of these women are familiar figures in feminist literary history, Mediatrix looks at their contributions less in terms of their gender or seemingly discrete roles as writers, patrons, or readers, than in terms of their religious and political affiliations and commitments. The four communities were related to each other not only by birth and marriage, but by their engagement with the cause loosely identified as militant Protestantism, invested in a limited monarchy, and advanced in no small part by what has been called "practically active" humanism, particularly the production and circulation of literary texts. By looking at the work these communities produced, as well as the places in and the means by which they did so, I argue not only that women played a central role in the production of some of England's most important literary texts, but that the work they produced was an essential part of the political, as well as the literary, culture of early modern England.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction 1 Female Constancy and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia 2 How Margaret Hoby Read her De Mornay 3 "His Factor for our loves": The Countess of Bedford and John Donne 4 Wroth's Cabinets
- Isbn
- 9780191780936
- Label
- Mediatrix : women, politics, and literary production in early modern England
- Title
- Mediatrix
- Title remainder
- women, politics, and literary production in early modern England
- Statement of responsibility
- Julie Crawford
- Subject
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- Authors and patrons -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
- Bedford, Lucy Russell, Countess of, -1627
- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Hoby, Margaret, Lady, 1570 or 1571-1633
- Authors and patrons -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
- Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Wroth, Mary, Lady, approximately 1586-approximately 1640
- Literary patrons -- England
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Mediatrix is about four interrelated communities in which politically influential women, or "mediatrixes, " played central roles, and the literary work they produced. The first focuses on Mary Sidney Herbert, the Sidney circle and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia; the second on Margaret Hoby's community of readers in recusant Yorkshire and the godly texts this reading kept alive; the third on the circle surrounding Lucy Harrington Russell, Countess of Bedford, and John Donne's verse letters, occasional poems and Holy Sonnets; and the fourth on Mary Wroth, the Sidney-Herbert alliance, and The Countess of Montgomery's Urania. While many of these women are familiar figures in feminist literary history, Mediatrix looks at their contributions less in terms of their gender or seemingly discrete roles as writers, patrons, or readers, than in terms of their religious and political affiliations and commitments. The four communities were related to each other not only by birth and marriage, but by their engagement with the cause loosely identified as militant Protestantism, invested in a limited monarchy, and advanced in no small part by what has been called "practically active" humanism, particularly the production and circulation of literary texts. By looking at the work these communities produced, as well as the places in and the means by which they did so, I argue not only that women played a central role in the production of some of England's most important literary texts, but that the work they produced was an essential part of the political, as well as the literary, culture of early modern England.--
- Assigning source
- Provided by Publisher
- Cataloging source
- NhCcYBP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Crawford, Julie
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- University Press Scholarship eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert
- Hoby, Margaret
- Bedford, Lucy Russell
- Wroth, Mary
- English literature
- Women and literature
- Women and literature
- English literature
- Literary patrons
- Authors and patrons
- Authors and patrons
- Label
- Mediatrix : women, politics, and literary production in early modern England, Julie Crawford, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-250) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction 1 Female Constancy and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia 2 How Margaret Hoby Read her De Mornay 3 "His Factor for our loves": The Countess of Bedford and John Donne 4 Wroth's Cabinets
- Control code
- ybp11630595
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780191780936
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1086470647
- Label
- Mediatrix : women, politics, and literary production in early modern England, Julie Crawford, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-250) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction 1 Female Constancy and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia 2 How Margaret Hoby Read her De Mornay 3 "His Factor for our loves": The Countess of Bedford and John Donne 4 Wroth's Cabinets
- Control code
- ybp11630595
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780191780936
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1086470647
Subject
- Authors and patrons -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
- Bedford, Lucy Russell, Countess of, -1627
- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Hoby, Margaret, Lady, 1570 or 1571-1633
- Authors and patrons -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
- Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Wroth, Mary, Lady, approximately 1586-approximately 1640
- Literary patrons -- England
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