1st Edition
Early Modern English Lives Autobiography and Self-Representation 1500–1660
249 Pages
by
Routledge
249 Pages
by
Routledge
249 Pages
by
Routledge
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How did early modern English people write about themselves, and how do we listen to their voices four centuries later? The authors of Early Modern English Lives: Autobiography and Self-Representation 1500-1660 argue that identity is depicted through complex, subtle, and often contradictory social interactions and literary forms. Diaries, letters, daily spiritual reckonings, household journals,... Read more
Contents: Introduction. Part 1 Early Modern Autobiography and Time: A life in time; Time, death and memorialization. Part 2 Reflections: Selves and Others: Looking outward: travelling selves; Framing a reflected self: language and the mirror. Part 3 The Self At War: Military Diaries and Journals: The expedition to Cadiz, 1625; Besieged cities: The Civil War. Part 4 Women And Life-Writing: A gendered genre: autobiographical writings by 3 early modern women; Women's wills; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Ronald Bedford teaches in the School of English, Communication and Theatre at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. Lloyd Davis taught in the School of English, Media and Art History at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Early Modern English Lives was one of Lloyd's last projects, as he died shortly before its completion. Philippa Kelly is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of English at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
