Keepers of the Flame: Literary Estates and the Rise of BiographyHutchinson, 1992 - 344 Seiten Many 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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... never seen Shakespeare ; more likely than not , they had never seen a play . Davenant's entrepreneurial nose ( one might have said ) persuaded him that , wonderful as Shakespeare was , some revamping must be done . For one thing , the ...
... never seen Shakespeare ; more likely than not , they had never seen a play . Davenant's entrepreneurial nose ( one might have said ) persuaded him that , wonderful as Shakespeare was , some revamping must be done . For one thing , the ...
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... never married . And in 1776 , Edward Thompson entered his agreement : After the death of Mr Marvell , a work was published , said to contain the compositions already published , and other posthumous writings of the late ingenious Mr ...
... never married . And in 1776 , Edward Thompson entered his agreement : After the death of Mr Marvell , a work was published , said to contain the compositions already published , and other posthumous writings of the late ingenious Mr ...
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... never did , of course , but he also never recognised that in ten ' empty ' months following Jane's death , he had written a small masterpiece , a book that would outlive his Frederick , his Cromwell and even - except for flashes in it ...
... never did , of course , but he also never recognised that in ten ' empty ' months following Jane's death , he had written a small masterpiece , a book that would outlive his Frederick , his Cromwell and even - except for flashes in it ...
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John Donne the Younger | 7 |
Surviving Shakespeare | 16 |
Marvell Milton Dryden | 30 |
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Keepers of the Flame: Literary Estates and the Rise of Biography Ian Hamilton Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2011 |
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