| The Collected Works of Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke: Volume II: The Psalmes of David Contributor(s): Herbert, Mary Sidney (Author), Hannay, Margaret P. (Editor), Kinnamon, Noel J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198184573 ISBN-13: 9780198184577 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $384.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and sister to Sir Philip Sidney, is the most important woman writer of the Elizabethan era outside the royal family. This scholarly edition in two volumes is the first to include all her extant works: Volume I prints her three original poems, the disputed "Dolefull Lay of Clorinda," her translations from Petrarch, Mornay, and Garnier, and all her known letters. Volume II contains her metrical paraphrases of Psalms 44-150. The edition also provides a biographical introduction, discussion of her sources and methods of composition, textual annotation, and a detailed commentary. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.3 |
| LCCN: 97-25502 |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.80 lbs) 526 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and sister to Sir Philip Sidney, is the most important woman writer of the Elizabethan era outside the royal family. This scholarly edition in two volumes is the first to include all her extant works: Volume I prints her three original poems, the disputed Dolefull Lay of Clorinda, her translations from Petrarch, Mornay, and Garnier, and all her known letters. Volume II contains her metrical paraphrases of Psalms 44-150. The edition also provides a biographical introduction, discussion of her sources and methods of composition, textual annotation, and a detailed commentary. |