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Mary Sidney, contessa di Pembroke (Bewdley, 27 ottobre 1561 – Londra, 25 settembre 1621), è stata una poetessa, scrittrice e traduttrice inglese
Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (née Sidney, 27 October 1561 – 25 September 1621) was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare among the notable authors of the day in John ...
Mary Sidney was the most important non-royal woman writer and patron in Elizabethan England. Without appearing to transgress the strictures against women's writing, she composed a sizable body of work, evading criticism by focusing on religious themes and by confining her work to the genres thought…
XVI secolo, tra i corridoi delle corti elisabettiane, tra segreti, passioni e un'incredibile sete di conoscenza scopriamo Mary Sidney. Contessa di Pembroke, non è solo una figura di spicco dell'epoca, ma una fonte di ispirazione senza tempo.
26 apr 2021 · The extraordinary Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke (1561 – 1621), was an almost exact contemporary of Shakespeare and has been one of the candidates in various conspiracy theories for the actual author of Shakespeare’s works, in particular his sonnets.
Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke, was known to be a hot-tempered redhead, brilliant, multi-talented, strong, dynamic, passionate, generous, and a bit arrogant. She was born three years before Shakespeare and died five years after.
For two decades Mary Sidney developed and led the most important and influential literary circle in English history, now called Wilton Circle. She is the first woman to publish a play in English (closet drama) and the first woman to publish an original pastoral piece in English.
