The Emergence of the English Author: Scripting the Life of the Poet in Early Modern England - Rilegato

Pask, Kevin

 
9780521481557: The Emergence of the English Author: Scripting the Life of the Poet in Early Modern England

Sinossi

The emergence of the author and the development of literary authority, through literary biography 1400–1800.

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Recensione

'... a theoretically well-informed and valuable study.' Forum for Modern Language Studies

'This eloquently written and informative book will surely come to be regarded as essential reading for all those interested in the development of the concept of poetic authorship in early modern England.' New Theatre Quarterly

Descrizione del libro

The literary biography, or 'life of the poet', is vital to an understanding of the historical emergence of the author. Kevin Pask offers the first full-scale history of the cultural construction of literary authority in early modern England, and studies the early life-narratives of Chaucer, Sidney, Spenser, Donne and Milton.

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9780521020923: The Emergence of the English Author: Scripting the Life of the Poet in Early Modern England

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521020921 ISBN 13:  9780521020923
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008
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