Author:Mary Sidney

For authors with similar names, see Author:Mary Herbert.

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Mary Sidney
(1561–1621)

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Also Mary Herbert after her marriage: English poet, and countess of Pembroke. One of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her poetry and literary patronage.

Works

As author

The Dolefull Lay of Clorinda (1595).
Five poems in the Kassel Miscellany.

As translator

The Tragedie of Antonie by Robert Garnier (1592).
A discourse of life and death by Philippe de Mornay (1592).
The Sidney Psalms (1599), collaboration with brother Philip Sidney.
The Triumph of Death by Petrarch.

As editor

The Countesse of Pembroke's Arcadia by Philip Sidney (1580).
An Apology for Poetry by Philip Sidney (1595).

Works about Sidney

"Herbert, Mary," in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke", eulogy by William Browne (1660; also attributed to Ben Jonson)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1925 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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