"Hannay's impressive book is a no-nonsense literary biography of
one of the most important women on the literary scene of the
time."--Recent Studies in English Renaissance
"Hannay's book is very rewarding to read...thorough and meticulous
primary research."--Renaissance Quarterly
"An invaluable resource for some years to come."--Literary
History
"This important biography of a leading early modern woman writer
will be an extremely useful resource: it is packed with detail, and
includes five previously unknown and unpublished letters by the
Countess of Pembroke....[I]t is a highly impressive work of
scholarship."--Notes and Queries
"A biography that is at once more candid, clearer, and more
comprehensive than any we have had before."--Sixteenth Century
Journal
"Hannay's impressive book is a no-nonsense literary biography of
one of the most important women on the literary scene of the
time."--Recent Studies in English Renaissance
"Hannay's book is very rewarding to read...thorough and meticulous
primary research."--Renaissance Quarterly
"An invaluable resource for some years to come."--Literary
History
"This important biography of a leading early modern woman writer
will be an extremely useful resource: it is packed with detail, and
includes five previously unknown and unpublished letters by the
Countess of Pembroke....[I]t is a highly impressive work of
scholarship."--Notes and Queries
"A biography that is at once more candid, clearer, and more
comprehensive than any we have had before."--Sixteenth Century
Journal
"An intriguing study."--Choice
"Margaret Hannay makes a substantial contribution to our knowledge
of the life of one of the most significant literary figures of the
Elizabethan and early Stuart reigns....Hannay's study strikes a
balance between recording intimate minutiae of daily life and
charting the progression of events. Much of her reconstruction of
history exudes the warmth and also the wrath of feminist criticism.
Some will hold that this style of presentation lacks
intellectual
rigor, is uncritical, economical with the truth, and old fashioned.
In Hannay's version it is highly readable, clear, and packed with
meaningful documentation carefully presented by a discerning
scholar."--Sidney Newsletter
"Timely indeed, Impressively sourced to scores of primary
documents, each consulted first-hand...Philip's Phoenix embodies
years of careful scholarship."--Albion
"The biography provides detailed coverage...An especially valuable
contribution is Hannay's presentation of new letters by the
countess of Pembroke in her original wording."--Albion
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