Mary Sidney, Lady Wroth

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In February Mary gave birth to a son James: Two years later Wroth's son died causing Mary to lose the Wroth estate to John Wroth, the next male heir to the entail. There is no evidence to suggest that Wroth was unfaithful to her husband, but after his death she entered a relationship with her cousin William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. Mary and William shared interests in arts and literature and had been childhood friends. They had at least two illegitimate children, a daughter Catherine and son William.

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In "Herbertorum Prosapia", a seventeenth-century manuscript compilation of the history of the Herbert family held at the Cardiff Library , Sir Thomas Herbert — a cousin of the earl of Pembroke — recorded William Herbert's paternity of Wroth's two children. It is also claimed that William Herbert was a favorite of Queen Anne and that she is the reason he gained the position of the King's Lord Chamberlain in In Urania , Wroth repeatedly returns to references to a powerful and jealous Queen who exiles her weaker rival from the court in order to obtain her lover, causing many critics to believe this referenced tension between Queen Anne and Wroth over the love of Herbert.

The diffuse plot is organized around relations between Pamphilia and her wandering lover, Amphilanthus, and most critics consider it to contain significant autobiographical elements.

Although Wroth claimed that she never had any intention of publishing the book, she was heavily criticized by powerful noblemen for depicting their private lives under the guise of fiction. However, her period of notoriety was brief after the scandal aroused by these allusions in her romance; Urania was withdrawn from sale by December Denny on the other hand provides a very negative critique of Wroth's work; he accused her of slander in a satiric poem, calling her a "hermaphrodite" and a "monster".

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There was also a second half of Urania , which was published for the first time in and now resides in the Newberry Library in Chicago. Cavanaugh, the second portion of the work was never prepared by Wroth for actual publication and the narrative contains many inconsistencies and is somewhat difficult to read. After the publication issues surrounding Urania , Wroth left King James's court and was later abandoned by William Herbert.

There is little known about Wroth's later years but it is known that she continued to face major financial difficulties for the remainder of her life.

Wroth died in either or From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the fictional character, see Mary Worth. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed.

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Subscription or UK public library membership required. Six appear nowhere else in Wroth's manuscripts or published works. Includes the earliest known version of the sonnet and song sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, which was printed at the end of Urania in a different order and with one substitution. Mary Wroth by Mary Wroth Book 8 editions published between and in English and held by WorldCat member libraries worldwide.

Urania by Mary Wroth 3 editions published between and in English and held by 47 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania.

Mary Sidney, Lady Wroth

Written by the right honorable the Lady Mary Wroath. Daughter to the right noble Robert Earle of Leicester. And neece to the ever famous, and renowned Sr. And to ye most exele[n]t Lady Mary Countesse of Pembroke late deceased by Mary Wroth 3 editions published in in English and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide.

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The early modern Englishwoman: The Countess of Montgomery's Urania abridged by Mary Wroth Book 6 editions published between and in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide.