翻訳と辞書 |
The Countess of Montgomery's Urania : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Countess of Montgomery's Urania
''The Countess of Montgomery's Urania'', also known as ''Urania'', is a prose romance by English Renaissance writer Lady Mary Wroth. Composed at the beginning of the 17th century, it is the first known prose romance written by an English woman. The full work exists in two volumes, the first published in 1621 and the second written, but unpublished, during Wroth's lifetime. The novel also contains several versions of Wroth's sonnet sequence ''Pamphilia to Amphilanthus'', distributed throughout the prose and reproduced in sequence at the end of the volume. ==Composition==
The precise dates for ''Urania's'' composition are unknown, but Wroth probably began writing the first volume between 1615 and 1620.〔Margaret P. Hannay, ''Mary Sidney, Lady Wroth'' (Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2010), 230.〕 Initially, it was written for the enjoyment of Wroth's family circle, and could have been composed, in part, at the home of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, in London. The early manuscript of ''Urania'' may have circulated amongst Wroth's household, family, and friends as evening entertainment; if so, their responses to the text aided her revision of the manuscript.〔Hannay 247.〕〔Gary Waller, ''The Sidney Family Romance: Mary Wroth, William Herbert, and the Early Modern Construction of Gender'' (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993), 252.〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Countess of Montgomery's Urania」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|