Thomas Churchyard pen, sword, and ego
Thomas Churchyard: pen, sword, and ego

Soldier, courtier, author, entertainer, and amateur spy, Thomas Churchyard (c.1529-1604) saw action in most of the principal Tudor theatres of war, was a servant to five monarchs, and had a literary career spanning over half a century during which time he produced over fifty different works in a var...

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1. Verfasser: Woodcock, Matthew 1973- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York, NY Oxford University Press 2016
Ausgabe:First edition
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Churchyard, Thomas > 1520-1604
Geschichte 1500-1600
Churchyard, Thomas / 1520?-1604
Poets / 16th century / Biography
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Zusammenfassung:Soldier, courtier, author, entertainer, and amateur spy, Thomas Churchyard (c.1529-1604) saw action in most of the principal Tudor theatres of war, was a servant to five monarchs, and had a literary career spanning over half a century during which time he produced over fifty different works in a variety of forms and genres. Churchyard's struggles to subsist as an author and soldier provides an unrivalled opportunity to examine the self-promotional strategies employed by an individual who attempts to make a living from both writing and fighting, and who experiments throughout his life with ways in which the arts of the pen and sword may be reconciled and aligned. Drawing on extensive archival and literary sources, Matthew Woodcock reconstructs the extraordinary life of a figure well-known yet long neglected in early modern literary studies. In the first ever book-length biography of Churchyard, Woodcock reveals the author to be a resourceful and innovative writer whose long literary career plays an important part in the history of professional authorship in sixteenth-century England. This book also situates Churchyard alongside contemporary soldier-authors such as Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, George Gascoigne, and Sir Philip Sidney, and it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the relationship between literature and the military in the early modern period. Churchyard's writings drew heavily upon his own experiences at court and in the wars and the author never tired of drawing attention to the struggles he endured throughout his life. Consequently, this study addresses the wider methodological question of how we should construct the biography of an individual who was consistently preoccupied with telling his own story
Beschreibung:xvi, 358 Seiten Illustrationen, 4 Karten, 1 genealogische Tafel 24 cm
ISBN:9780199684304
0199684308

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