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Women s Studies· 2026Q2

After Petrarch, Before Policy: Women’s Media of Care in Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

Yazdan Mahmoudi

Short summary

Mary Wroth's 'Pamphilia to Amphilanthus' (c. 1621) is reinterpreted as a proto-feminist text that establishes 'media of care' as a distinct literary mode.

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Key points

  • Mary Wroth's 'Pamphilia to Amphilanthus' (c. 1621) is analyzed as a precursor to feminist literary modes.
  • The concept of 'media of care' is introduced as a distinct literary mode established by Wroth.
  • Wroth's work explores emotional labor and relational ethics through poetic form.
  • The text is positioned as a foundational work for understanding women's literary contributions to care.

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Abstract

Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilanthus (c. 1621) has long been celebrated traditionally as the first protracted English sonnet sequence authored by a woman and as an interior revoicing of Petrarchi...

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Field: Religious studies

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