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Betraying Our Selves

Forms of Self-Representation in Early Modern English Texts

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  1. Henk Dragstra

    1. University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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  2. Sheila Ottway

    1. University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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  3. Helen Wilcox

    1. University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Early Modern Literature in History (EMLH)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Henk Dragstra, Sheila Ottway, Helen Wilcox
    Pages 1-13

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 215-226
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About this book

This is a lively study of the autobiographical instinct in a variety of 16th and 17th century modes of writing in English, from letters and memoirs to pastoral, polemic and street ballads. The book's central concern is how "selves" are "betrayed" in texts, particularly in the centuries before the autobiography was a recognized genre. It suggests that self-representation in the early modern period was often indirect, emerging in oblique and surprising ways.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    Henk Dragstra, Sheila Ottway, Helen Wilcox

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About the editors

Henk Dragstra teaches English Literature, Sheila Ottway recently gained her PhD, and Helen Wilcox is Professor of English Literature, all at the Univerisity of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Betraying Our Selves

  • Book Subtitle: Forms of Self-Representation in Early Modern English Texts

  • Editors: Henk Dragstra, Sheila Ottway, Helen Wilcox

  • Series Title: Early Modern Literature in History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62847-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-23149-1Published: 30 September 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-62849-0Published: 30 September 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-62847-6Published: 30 April 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5919

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5927

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 226

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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