| The Emergence of the English Author: Scripting the Life of the Poet in Early Modern England Revised Edition Contributor(s): Pask, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521020921 ISBN-13: 9780521020923 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2005 Annotation: The historical construction of authorship is of enormous interest to scholars and critics. Yet an important aspect of the historical emergence of the author--the literary biography or "life of the poet"--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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95038061 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6" W x 9" (0.76 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The historical construction of authorship is of enormous interest to scholars and critics. Yet an important aspect of the historical emergence of the author--the literary biography or life of the poet--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. |