Keepers of the Flame: Literary Estates and the Rise of BiographyMany of our most treasured works of literature, including John Donne's sonnets and Shakespeare's plays, have been preserved more by accident than by design. Key writings from the past have been burned, stolen, suppressed or edited by widows or friends anxious to preserve a sanitized image of the writer in question, sometimes for profit or self-aggrandizement. |
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KEEPERS OF THE FLAME: Literary Estates and the Rise of Biography
Nutzerbericht - KirkusA surprisingly original study of the literary estates of many famed writers, and a look at the tangled relationship between estate management and biography. Hamilton wrote the strong Robert Lowell ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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John Donne the Younger | 7 |
Surviving Shakespeare | 16 |
Marvell Milton Dryden | 30 |
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| Titel | Keepers of the Flame: Literary Estates and the Rise of Biography |
| Autor/in | Ian Hamilton |
| Verlag | Hutchinson, 1992 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 25. Febr. 2008 |
| ISBN | 0091742633, 9780091742638 |
| Länge | 344 Seiten |
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