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Wroth, Mary
(1587?-1651?) British writer. Lady Mary Wroth was the daughter of Robert Sidney and Barbara Gamage. Lady Wroth's prose romance "The Countess of Montgomeries Urania" was published in 1621. Other works include "Urania" (which was controversial because of the similarities to actual people) and "Love's Vistory," an unpublished play.
Bibliography
A very nice bibliography from Ron Cooley, University of Saskatchewan, with early and recent publications of her work, and critical studies of her work .
Lady Mary Wroth Biography, by Nandini Das
"Lady Mary Wroth is best known today as the first English woman writer to have published an original work of prose fiction. For her contemporaries, however, her primary identity was as a member of the illustrious Sidney family." Read more about her life and work. Also find a images, a list of basic suggested reading, along with advanced scholarly bibliographies and research material.