Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse: Chronicles of the Self (Early Modern Literature in History) - Hardcover

Heale, E.

 
9780333773970: Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse: Chronicles of the Self (Early Modern Literature in History)
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ISBN 10: 0333773977 ISBN 13: 9780333773970
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

Synopsis

The advent of relatively cheap editions in the mid-sixteenth century produced an explosion of verse, much of which represented the first person speaker as a version of the author. This book examines ways in which writers, often seeking advancement in their careers, harnessed verse for self-promotional purposes. Texts studied include a manuscript autobiography by Thomas Whythorne, printed verse by a woman, Isabella Whitney, travel and war narratives, as well as canonical texts by Spenser, Sidney and Shakespeare.

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About the Author

ELIZABETH HEALE is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Reading University. She has published two books, The Faerie Queene. A Reader's Guide (2nd ed 1999) and Wyatt, Surrey and Early Tudor Poetry (1998), and numerous articles on sixteenth-century verse in print and manuscript.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0333773977
ISBN 13 
9780333773970
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
214

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