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British autobiography in the seventeenth century

by Paul Delany · 1969

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"Few works of a personal or self-revelatory nature were published before 1700. On the other hand, we see in seventeenth century literature many kinds of autobiographical writings, to which their authors gave such titles as Journal of the life of me, Confessions, etc. This present work is a study of nearly two hundred of those, published and unpublished."—Page 2 of cover.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thisliterary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of this
Setting
17th century17th centuryMore like thisLess of thisEuropeanEuropeanMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisScotlandScotlandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 198 pages

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