English literary afterlives : Greene, Sidney, Donne and the evolution of posthumous fame /

"English literary afterlives" traces life narratives of early modern authors created for them after their deaths by readers or publishers, who retrospectively tried to make sense of the author's life and works. In a series of case-studies of the reception history of major poets - Sidn...

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Autore principale: Chaghafi, Elisabeth Leila (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Serie:Manchester Spenser.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=4074509
Sommario:
  • The complete author
  • The posthumous career of Robert Greene
  • 'Borne in Arcady': Sidney's literary rebirth
  • Interlude: 'After I am dead and rotten': Spenser's missing afterlife
  • Walton's literary Lives: from Donne to Herbert
  • Conclusion: brief lives and lives of the poets.