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Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse: Chronicles of the Self

Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse: Chronicles of the Self

Hardcover

Series: Early Modern Literature in History

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 0333773977
ISBN13: 9780333773970
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 13 2002
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.68 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
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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