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John Donne and the Conway papers : patronage and manuscript circulation in the early seventeenth century /

How and why did men and women send handwritten poetry, drama, and literary prose to their friends and social superiors in the seventeenth century-and what were the consequences of these communications? Within this culture of manuscript publication, why did John Donne (1572-1631), an author who attem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Daniel Starza (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How and why did men and women send handwritten poetry, drama, and literary prose to their friends and social superiors in the seventeenth century-and what were the consequences of these communications? Within this culture of manuscript publication, why did John Donne (1572-1631), an author who attempted to limit the circulation of his works, become the most transcribed writer of his age? John Donne and the Conway Papers examines these questions in greatdetail. Daniel Starza Smith investigates a seventeenth-century archive, the Conway Papers, in order to explain the relationship between Donne a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 390 pages .)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:019166832X
9780191668326
9780191802812
0191802816