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Date of Award
9-2012
Access Type
Campus Access
Document type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
English
First Advisor
Joseph Black
Second Advisor
R. Malcolm Smuts
Third Advisor
Adam Zucker
Subject Categories
Literature in English, British Isles
Abstract
This dissertation is an edition of the complete known surviving poems of Lady Hester Pulter (1605?-1678), found in a manuscript at the Brotherton Library at Leeds in Yorkshire, England, Ms Lt q 32. Hester Pulter, daughter of James Ley, first Earl of Marlborough (1552-1629), lived at the estate of Broadfields in Hertfordshire most of her life; her poems, including a series of emblem-poems, reflect her sympathy for King Charles I and her religious and personal concerns, as well as her curiosity about science, during the period of the English Commonwealth. This edition maintains the spelling and punctuation of the original manuscript, probably created by a scribe and Lady Hester Pulter herself, and has been extensively annotated to explain mythological, Biblical, literary, political, and historical references. A scholarly introduction describes Pulter's life, reading, social setting, and place in literature.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/5696168
Recommended Citation
Christian, Stefan Graham, "The Poems of Lady Hester Pulter (1605?-1678): An Annotated Edition" (2012). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 404.
https://doi.org/10.7275/5696168
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/404