Spenser's Life and the Subject of Biography |
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| Editor:
| Anderson, Judith H.
Cheney, Donald
Richardson, David A. |
| Series title: | Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55849-050-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1996 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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The first ""life"" of Edmund Spenser was written by the poet himself, in allegorical fictions of poetic ambition, envy and anxiety. Succeeding readers have tried to revise this life. The nine essays in this volume explore problems in the received tradition of Spenser's biography.
The first ""life"" of Edmund Spenser was written by the poet himself, in allegorical fictions of poetic ambition, envy and anxiety. Succeeding readers have tried to revise this life. The nine essays in this volume explore problems in the received tradition of Spenser's biography.