1st Edition
Pseudonymous Shakespeare Rioting Language in the Sidney Circle
By Penny McCarthy
Copyright 2006
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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An investigation into modes of early modern English literary 'indirection,' this study could also be considered a detective work on a pseudonym attached to some late sixteenth-century works. In the course of unmasking 'R.L.', McCarthy scrutinizes devices employed by writers in the Sidney coterie: punning, often across languages; repetitio-insistence on a sound, or hiding two persons 'under one... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction - highways and labyrinths; First candidate - Robert Langham, ’El Prencipe Negro’; Supposes; Second candidate - Dom Diego; More supposes; Third candidate - friend of Richard Barnfield; Further supposes; Fourth candidate - Dick of Lichfield; Last supposes; R.L.’s biography; Envoi; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Penny McCarthy took her MA and D. Phil. at Sussex University, and now holds an honorary research fellowship with the University of Glasgow, UK.
'Penny McCarthy conducts an intriguing hunt for the hitherto unsuspected sources of literary motivation in intricate relations of patronage and coterie. After her brilliant and resourceful investigation, the Elizabethan literary scene will never look the same again.' Alan Sinfield, Professor of English, University of Sussex, UK ’McCarthy's enthusiasm is admirable; like some detective novels, which is the author's own comparison, her book was a fun read.’ Comparative Drama
