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"item_title" : "Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse",
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Overview
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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- ISBN-13: 9780333773970
- ISBN-10: 0333773977
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Publish Date: December 2002
- Dimensions: 8.98 x 5.68 x 0.64 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.84 pounds
- Page Count: 206
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