Early Modern English Lives: Autobiography and Self-representation, 1500-1660Through this study of self-representation in the early modern period, the authors hope to contribute to undertandings of 'the self' in 16th- and 17th-century England. Their interest is in unearthing and illustrating the many presuppositions and contradictions that informed meanings of 'indivduality'. |
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| Title | Early Modern English Lives: Autobiography and Self-representation, 1500-1660 |
| Authors | Ronald Bedford, Lloyd Davis, Philippa Kelly |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 |
| ISBN | 0754652955, 9780754652953 |
| Length | 241 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
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