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Writing contexts in William Roper's life of Thomas More

Mark Robson

pp. 79-89

Abstract

In this essay I would like to offer a reading of a sixteenth-century biography of Thomas More written in the 1550s by his son-in-law, William Roper. In the course of this reading, I will sketch the text's relationship to a tradition of lives of More, to questions of the generic status of biography, and to the importance of framing and contexts to interpretation.

Publication details

Published in:

Gould Warwick, Staley Thomas F (1998) Writing the lives of writers. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 79-89

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26548-0_6

Full citation:

Robson Mark (1998) „Writing contexts in William Roper's life of Thomas More“, In: W. Gould & T.F. Staley (eds.), Writing the lives of writers, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 79–89.