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Author Hannay, Margaret P., 1944-

Title Philip's phoenix : Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke / Margaret P. Hannay
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 317 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents GENEALOGICAL CHARTS; PROLOGUE: The Bear and the Porcupine; I. "Daughter of Very Good Hope, "; 2. "As You Begine, "; 3. "Sister vnto Astrofell, "; 4. "This Moses and this Miriam, "; 5. "Patronesse of the Muses, "; 6. "Most Vertuous Actions, "; 7. "A Most Heroical Spirit, "; EPILOGUE: The Lions; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary A biography of Mary Sidney (1561-1621), Countess of Pembroke, sister of Sir Philip Sidney, based on primary sources such as account books, legal documents, letters, and diaries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297) and index
Notes English
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Subject Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621.
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586 -- Family
SUBJECT Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621 fast
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586 fast
Subject Authors, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography
Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
Literary patrons -- Great Britain -- Biography
Translators -- Great Britain -- Biography
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
Authors, English -- Early modern
Families
Literary patrons
Translators
Women and literature
England
Great Britain
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780195363357
0195363353
1280523824
9781280523823