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Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse

Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse

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Series: Early Modern Literature in History

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1349416282
ISBN13: 9781349416288
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: Jan 1 2003
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
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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