Cherished Torment: The Emotional Geography of Lady Mary Wroth's Urania

by Sheila T. Cavanagh

Cherished Torment offers the first detailed account of the intellectual foundation of the first prose romance published by a woman in The Countess of Montgomery's Urania, written by Lady Mary Wroth, the niece of Sir Philip Sidney. A sophisticated and erudite study, Cherished Torment moves beyond the intriguing and scandalous events of Wroth's personal life that have understandably captivated the attention of many modern readers to a closer look at the latter's masterful integration of the issues fueling her era's political, scientific and philosophical debates.

287 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001