The Countess of Montgomery's Urania (abridged) /

Lamb (English Southern Illinois Univrsity-Carbondale) presents an abridged edition of the first romance written by an Englishwomen, with modernized spelling and punctuation to make it accessible to general readers. Wroth (1586-1640) offers a myriad of proliferating plots, hundreds of characters, exo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wroth, Mary, Lady, approximately 1586-approximately 1640 (Author)
Other Authors:	Lamb, Mary Ellen, 1946- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tempe, Arizona : ACMRS (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies), 2011.
Series:	Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 403. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series). MRTS texts for teaching ; v. 4.
Subjects:	Wroth, Mary, > Lady, > approximately 1586-approximately 1640. Romances > Adaptations. Women > Fiction.

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Summary:	Lamb (English Southern Illinois Univrsity-Carbondale) presents an abridged edition of the first romance written by an Englishwomen, with modernized spelling and punctuation to make it accessible to general readers. Wroth (1586-1640) offers a myriad of proliferating plots, hundreds of characters, exotic lands, shipwrecks, miracles, marvels, supernatural events, abrupt plot shifts and other features common to romances but generally lacking in the more tightly plotted story arcs of modern novels.
Physical Description:	278 pages : map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780866984515 0866984518