The Emergence of the English Author Scripting the Life of the Poet in Early Modern England |
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| Author:
| Pask, Kevin |
| Contribution by:
| Orgel, Stephen
Barton, Anne
Dollimore, Jonathan
Garber, Marjorie
Goldberg, Jonathan
Vickers, Nancy
Holland, Peter
McLuskie, Kate |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02092-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $73.95 |
Book Description:
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The historical construction of authorship is of enormous interest to scholars and critics. Yet an important aspect of the historical emergence of the author SH the literary biography or 'life of the poet' SH has received scant attention. In The emergence of the English 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 major English poets Chaucer, Sidney, Spenser,...
More DescriptionThe historical construction of authorship is of enormous interest to scholars and critics. Yet an important aspect of the historical emergence of the author SH the literary biography or 'life of the poet' SH has received scant attention. In The emergence of the English 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 major English poets Chaucer, Sidney, Spenser, Donne and Milton.