The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart
Series: Women Writers in English 1350-1850;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 23 March 1995
- ISBN 9780195087185
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 207x140x22 mm
- Weight 396 g
- Language English
- Illustrations illustrations 0
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Short description:
This volume reconstructs the personal and public drama enacted in the life of Lady Arbella Stuart, claimant to the English throne. Marrying against King James's edict, Arbella attempted to flee to France but was captured and imprisoned. Her letters and the records associated with her case (some of them newly unearthed) reveal a rhetorically-gifted writer whose considerable verbal talent was applied almost exclusively to the reversal of her plight, though in the end her efforts proved unsuccessful.
MoreLong description:
Lady Arbella Stuart, claimant to the English throne, has traditionally been portrayed as either a hero or fool for marrying against King James's edict and attempting to flee from France. This is Stuart's story as she tells it in more than one hundred letters written to relatives, her husband, the royal family, public officials, and friends. Based largely on original manuscripts, this volume reveals a powerful personal and public drama, as Stuart's royal birth and demand for independence place her in conflict with Queen Elizabeth and King James. Verbally gifted, Stuart creates a fictional lover, maneuvers within the patronage network, and, after her marriage, applies her considerable rhetorical skills to solicit favour and freedom. Her own revisions, which are included, offer the reader unusual access to the thinking of a talented Renaissance writer as she shapes her prose. Sara Jayne Steen has transcribed, ordered, dated, annotated, and critically analysed the letters and drafts.
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