#LI-03-08 Penshurst Place and the Sidney Family of Writers
About Course
Lancaster UniversityDescription
Learn how Lady Mary Wroth and the Sidney family shaped the English Renaissance
In the 16th century, Penshurst Place was the home to the Sidney family, renowned for their literary works in the age of Shakespeare. The family, including Lady Mary Wroth and her uncle Sir Philip Sidney, wrote poetry and prose that still appeal to audiences today.
On this course, you will be introduced to Penshurst Place, the Sidney family, and their famous works. You will learn how Lady Mary Wroth and Mary Sidney paved the way for female authors in Elizabethan England. You will also review Wroth’s drama ‘Love’s Victory’, which was reenacted and filmed at Penshurst Place in September 2018.
Who will you learn with?
Alison Findlay is Professor of Renaissance Drama at Lancaster University and Chair of the British Shakespeare Association.
Who developed the course?
Lancaster University is a collegiate university, with a global reputation as a centre for research, scholarship and teaching with an emphasis on employability.
What Will I Learn?
- Explore how aristocratic family networks fostered writing by both men and women in the age of Shakespeare
- Evaluate examples of writings by the Sidney family and their importance as an influence on English literary history
- Investigate a different type of theatre from Shakespeare's age
- Explore how individual writers responded to questions of faith and belief in a time of turbulent religious change
- Investigate how writing shapes the natural environment and the emotions of others both within a family network and beyond.
Topics for this course
Introduction to the Course
Introduction00:02:34
Meet the team
Meet the Sidney Family of Writers
Penshurst Place and Ben Jonson
The Sidneys, Nature and Writing
My favorite part of the course is about explaining how Lady Mary Willoughse and Mary Sidney paved the way for women writers in Elizabethan England. Well said.
This course introduces us to Panshhurst Square, the Sidney family and their famous works. That's interesting.
This course introduces us to how Lady Mary Rose and the Sidney family shaped the English Renaissance, and it's very well said.
I really like this course... Everything about it was great! My time well spent... the teaching to the literary works, just great!