John Donne and the Conway Papers: Patronage and Manuscript Circulation in the Early Seventeenth Century

by Daniel Starza Smith

How and why did men and women send handwritten poetry, drama, and literary prose to their friends and social superiors in the seventeenth century-and what were the consequences of these communications? Within this culture of manuscript publication, why did John Donne (1572-1631), an author who attempted to limit the circulation of his works, become the most transcribed writer of his age? John Donne and the Conway Papers examines these questions in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199679134
• ISBN13: 9780199679133
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"