Spenser's life and the subject of biography
by Judith H. Anderson, Donald Cheney, and David A. Richardson
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On the 400th anniversary of The Faerie Queene, this book challenges the received tradition of Spenser's biography. The first "life" of Edmund Spenser (c. 1552-99) was written by the poet himself, in allegorical fictions of poetic ambition, envy, and anxiety. Over succeeding centuries, readers have tried to revise and elaborate this life with reference to a handful of surviving records and a wealth of dubiously pertinent historical fact and gossip.
The nine essays in this volume examine the history of Spenser biography and suggest strategies for reinterpreting it to an audience newly sensitive to problems of artistic self-presentation.
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Biography, Biography as a literary form, Self in literature, History and criticism, English Poets, Poets in literature, Spenser, edmund, 1552?-1599, Poètes anglais, Biographies, Histoire, Biographie (Genre littéraire), Poètes dans la littérature, Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature, LITERARY CRITICISM, Shakespeare, Biografieën, English Literature, English, Languages & LiteraturesPeople
Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599)Times
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Spenser's life and the subject of biography
1996, University of Massachusetts Press
in English
1558490507 9781558490505
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-215).
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