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Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse

Chronicles of the Self

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  • © 2003

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  1. Elizabeth Heale
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Part of the book series: Early Modern Literature in History (EMLH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Elizabeth Heale
    Pages 1-10

  3. ‘To mạk my self to be known of many’: miscellanies and the well-formed gentleman

    • Elizabeth Heale
    Pages 11-40

  4. The ‘outward marks’ and the ‘inward man’: Thomas Whythorne’s ‘songs and sonetts’

    • Elizabeth Heale
    Pages 41-56

  5. Narratives of experience

    • Elizabeth Heale
    Pages 57-91

  6. Spenser as Orpheus

    • Elizabeth Heale
    Pages 92-124

  7. Passionate ejaculations and the poetics of presence: Gascoigne’s ‘The Adventures of Master F.J.’ and Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella

    • Elizabeth Heale
    Pages 125-153

  8. ‘My name is Will’: Shakespeare’s Sonnets

    • Elizabeth Heale
    Pages 154-171

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 172-206
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About this book

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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'Solidly researched and carefully prepared, this study will serve those interested in early modern literary production, history, and culture.' - C.S. Cox, Choice

About the author

ELIZABETH HEALE is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Reading University. She has published two books, The Faerie Queene. A Reader's Guide (2nd ed 1999) and Wyatt, Surrey and Early Tudor Poetry (1998), and numerous articles on sixteenth-century verse in print and manuscript.

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