Love's Victory: By Lady Mary Wroth
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Love's Victory: By Lady Mary Wroth
By (Author) Alison Findlay
Edited by Philip Sidney
Edited by Michael G. Brennan
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
30th March 2021
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Theatre studies
Literary studies: general
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
822.3
Physical Properties
Hardback
280
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 17mm
Description
Love's Victory is the first romantic comedy written in English by a woman, and this Revels edition is the first fully-authorised, modern spelling edition of this play by Lady Mary Wroth.
The Revels Plays publishes for the first time a fully-authorised, modern spelling edition of the Penshurst manuscript, the only copy of the play containing all five acts, handwritten by Wroth and privately owned by the Viscount De L'Isle. Edited by Alison Findlay, Philip Sidney and Michael G. Brennan, their critical introduction provides details of Wroth's remarkable life and work as a member of the Sidney family, tracing connections between Love's Victory, her prose and poetry and her family's extensive writings. The editors introduce readers to the influence of court drama on Love's Victory and offer a new account of the play's stage history in productions from 1999-2018. Extensive commentary notes guiding the modern reader include explanatory glosses, literary references and staging information.
Author Bio
Alison Findlay is Professor of Renaissance Drama in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University
Philip Sidney is an independent scholar living and working in Kent
Michael G. Brennan is Professor of Renaissance Literature at the University of Leeds
