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

Heale, E.

ISBN 10: 0333773977 / ISBN 13: 9780333773970

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse: Chronicles of the Self (Early Modern Literature in History)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333773977
• ISBN 13: 9780333773970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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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.

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.