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#LI-03-08 Penshurst Place and the Sidney Family of Writers

  • Categories Literature
  • Duration 11h
  • Total Enrolled 5
  • Last Update November 6, 2020

About Course

Lancaster University

Description

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

Alison Findlay is Professor of Renaissance Drama at Lancaster University and Chair of the British Shakespeare Association.

 

 

Who developed the course?

Lancaster University

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

9 Lessons11h

Introduction to the Course?

Welcome to 'The Sidneys of Penshurst' and to Penshurst Place, home to the remarkable family of male and female writers from the age of Shakespeare.
Introduction00:02:34
Meet the team

Meet the Sidney Family of Writers?

Who were the Sidney writers and how were they and their writings inter-related?

Penshurst Place and Ben Jonson?

Penshurst Place has been the home of the Sidneys since 1552. In this activity we find out about its history and about how it is celebrated in 'To Penshurst' (1612) by Shakespeare's contemporary Ben Jonson.

The Sidneys, Nature and Writing?

How do male and female Sidneys create an idealised relationship of sympathy between humans and the natural world in their pastoral writing?

Student Feedback

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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!

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Material Includes

  • Official Certificate

Target Audience

  • This course is for anyone with an interest in English Renaissance literature and the Sidney family. It would suit recent visitors to Penshurst Place looking to enhance their knowledge, people interested in women’s writing, and students studying Shakespeare and Marlowe.