Were Early Modern Lives Different? - Writing the Self in the Renaissance

Should we assume that people who lived some time ago were quite similar to us or should we assume that they need to be thought of as alien beings with whom we have little in common? This specially commissioned collection explores this important issue through an analysis of the lives and work of a number of significant early modern writers. It wa

List of contents

1. Introduction: Does Shakespeare's Life Matter? Andrew Hadfield 2. The Death of the Reader Catherine Belsey 3. Was there a real Shakespeare? René Weis 4. Whose Life is it Anyway? Shakespeare's Prick Marshall Grossman 5. The Pith and Marrow of our Attribute: Dialogue of Skin and Skull in Hamlet and Holbein's The Ambassadors Gail Kern Paster 6. Early Modern Autobiography, History and Human Testimony: The Autobiography of Thomas Whythorne Andrew Mousley 7. Early Modern Lives in Facsimile Alan Stewart 8. Afterword Elizabeth Jane Bellamy

About the author

Andrew Hadfield is Professor of English at the University of Sussex, UK, and Visiting Professor at The University of Grenada. He was editor of Renaissance Studies (2007-11) and is a regular reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement.

Summary

Should we assume that people who lived some time ago were quite similar to us or should we assume that they need to be thought of as alien beings with whom we have little in common? This specially commissioned collection explores this important issue through an analysis of the lives and work of a number of significant early modern writers. It wa

Product details

• Assisted by: Andrew Hadfield (Editor), Hadfield Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032929675
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92967-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Biography: writers, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean