The author in the study: self-representation as reader and writer in the medieval and early modern periods

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Goodall, Peter. 2006. "The author in the study: self-representation as reader and writer in the medieval and early modern periods." Bedford, Ronald, Davis, Lloyd and Kelly, Philippa (ed.) Early modern autobiography: theories, genres, practices. Ann Arbor, MI. United States. University of Michigan Press. pp. 104-114

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Chapter Title	The author in the study: self-representation as reader and writer in the medieval and early modern periods
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID	3631
Book Title	Early modern autobiography: theories, genres, practices
Author	Goodall, Peter
Editors	Bedford, Ronald, Davis, Lloyd and Kelly, Philippa
Page Range	104-114
Number of Pages	11
Year	2006
Publisher	University of Michigan Press
Place of Publication	Ann Arbor, MI. United States
ISBN	9780472099283
Web Address (URL)	http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WeXZJkU1S2oC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=bedford+author+in+the+study&source=bl&ots=jKd3XyWOz-&sig=zUeag__7pw9rDtHo0kVmehf-KiM&hl=en&ei=O_FKSuT1NoSitwf0no2cDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4
Abstract	Debates about the authenticity of an autobiographical self; and what this means, have preoccupied scholars since the days of New Criticism. It has become an axiom that medieval writers use personae and write within such an elaborate and comprehensive system of literary conventions that it is impossible to identify the voice of the real author, even when he or she is speaking as an 'I,' and impossible to differentiate the voice of the author from that of the narrator or, more broadly, the voice of the author/narrator from the text itself. I will begin with literary descriptions of selfhood from Augustine through Abelard, Dante, Petrarch, and Chaucer.
Keywords	authors; medieval; early modern; self
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	520406. Sensory processes, perception and performance
	470504. British and Irish literature
	470530. Stylistics and textual analysis
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Byline Affiliations	Macquarie University

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