The Anonymous Renaissance: Cultures of Discretion in Tudor-Stuart England

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    Marcy L. North
    The Anonymous Renaissance: Cultures of Discretion in Tudor-Stuart England

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    Издательство: Chicago University Press
    Жанр: Chicago University Press

    Качество: Хорошее
    Страниц: 309
    Формат: pdf, fb2, epub

    The Renaissance was in many ways the beginning of modern and self-conscious authorship, a time when individual genius was celebrated and an author's name could become a book trade commodity. Why, then, did anonymous authorship flourish during the Renaissance rather than disappear? In addressing this puzzle, Marcy L. North reveals the rich history and popularity of anonymity during this period. The book trade, she argues, created many intriguing and paradoxical uses for anonymity, even as the authorial name became more marketable. Among ecclesiastical debaters, for instance, anonymity worked to conceal identity, but it could also be used to identify the moral character of the author being concealed. In court and coterie circles, meanwhile, authors turned name suppression into a tool for the preservation of social boundaries. Finally, in both print and manuscript, anonymity promised to liberate an authentic female voice, yet made it impossible to authenticate the gender of an author, in sum, the writers and book producers who helped to create England's literary culture viewed anonymity as a meaningful and useful practice. Written with precision and grace, The Anonymous Renaissance should fill a prominent gap in the study of authorship and English literary history.
     

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    Очень понравилось!!!)
     

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