Edmund Spenser - A Literary Life (Hardcover, 1994 ed.)

A provocative approach to a famous figure in English poetry and to the relationship of literature to biography - both the poet's and the critic's own. Gary Waller, known for accessibly combining contemporary literary and cultural theory with Renaissance poetry, provides an intriguing overview of the period's most praised poet. Examining Spenser's career in terms of the material conditions of his poetry's production - factors of race, gender, class, agency - and the 'places' of its production - court, church, nation, colony - he also writes movingly of the 'place' the biographer occupies in the construction of a 'literary life'. The book includes chapters on Spenser's poetry and career, including an original account of the gender politics of his work and his difficult position between Ireland and England, the 'homes' about which he held increasingly painful feelings.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Literary Lives
Release date:	December 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Gary Waller
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	211
Edition:	1994 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-12052-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	0-312-12052-4
Barcode:	9780312120528

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