Mary Wroth

Lady Mary Wroth

About Lady Mary Wroth

Lady Mary Wroth was an english poet of the Renaissance. A member of a distinguished literary family, Lady Wroth was among the first female british writers to have achieved an enduring reputation. Here are some of her more famous classical poems.
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She is perhaps best known for having written The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania, the first extant prose romance by an english woman.

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