Autobiography in Early Modern England
by
Adam Smyth
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521761727
ISBN-13
9780521761727
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 5th, 2010
Print length
234 Pages
Weight
498 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.90 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalLiterary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
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By examining four different forms of writing - the almanac, the financial account, the commonplace book and the parish register - Adam Smyth explores the kinds of texts that sixteenth- or seventeenth-century individuals produced to register their life, in the absence of the later, dominant templates.
How did individuals write about their lives before a modern tradition of diaries and autobiographies was established? Adam Smyth examines the kinds of texts that sixteenth- or seventeenth-century individuals produced to register their life, in the absence of these later, dominant templates. The book explores how readers responded to, and improvised with, four forms - the almanac, the financial account, the commonplace book and the parish register - to create written records of their lives. Early modern autobiography took place across these varied forms, often through a lengthy process of transmission and revision of written documents. This book brings a dynamic, surprising culture of life-writing to light, and will be of interest to anyone studying autobiography or early modern literature.
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