Private Lives Made Public: The Invention of Biography in Early Modern England (Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies)

Synopsis

By Exploring The Unprecedented Boom In Biographical Writing In The Late Seventeenth Century In England, Andrea Walkden Demonstrates The Wide-ranging Influence Of This New, Visible, And Affectively Powerful Form Of Public Expression. She Traces Life-writing's Relationship To Emergent Party Politics, To The Imaginative Development Of The Early English Novel, And To Our Contemporary Use Of Biography In Academic Literary Culture--provided By Publisher. 1. A Year In The Life: Milton And The King's Book -- 2. A Servant's Life: Izaak Walton And The Silent Public Sphere -- 3. The Life In Miniature: John Aubrey And The Art Of Abbreviation -- 4. Parallel Lives: Crusoe, Clarendon, And Defoe's Cavalier. Andrea Walkden. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.