Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse

2003. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-349-41628-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

Reihe: Early Modern Literature in History

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heale, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 'To Mak My Self to be Known of Many': Miscellanies and the Well-Formed Gentleman The 'Outward Marks' and the 'Inward Man: Thomas Whythorne's Songs and Sonnets Narratives of Experience Spenser as Orpheus Passionate Ejaculations and the Poetics of Presence: Gascoigne's The Adventures of Master F.J. and Sidney's Astrophil and Stella 'My Name is Will': Shakespeare's Sonnets Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

ELIZABETH HEALE is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Reading University. She has published two books, (2nd ed 1999) and (1998), and numerous articles on sixteenth-century verse in print and manuscript.