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Author Orgis, Rahel

Title Narrative Structure and Reader Formation in Lady Mary Wroth's Urania
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Taylor and Francis Ltd : Routledge, 2016

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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Entering the Urania through the frontispiece; Abundance versus lack; Reading the lack of prefatory material; Reading the abundance of the frontispiece; Conclusions; 2 Narrator and narratee: Guidance, critical sympathy and discretion; The gender-neutral narrator; The narratee; The published first part vs. the manuscript continuation; 3 Narrative levels and strands: Emotional immediacy, proliferation and the promise of closure; Narrative levels; Narrative strands
The published first part vs. the manuscript continuation4 Space and displacements: Multiple reading modes and tensions of meaning; Reading space and settings; Spatial movements and travel patterns; 5 Recurring themes and plots: Textually inscribed reflection and debate; Recurring themes and plots; Supporting and contrasting inset tales; Conclusion: Interpretive freedom vs. closure -- the story of Drusio and Isabella; Appendix; Bibliography; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Index
Subject Wroth, Mary, Lady, approximately 1586-approximately 1640. Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania.
SUBJECT Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania (Wroth, Mary, Lady) fast
Subject Narrative poetry.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Narrative poetry
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1317090497
9781317090496