{"product_id":"blotted-lines-early-modern-english-literature-and-the-poetics-of-discomposition-hardback-9781501769832","title":"Blotted Lines; Early Modern English Literature and the Poetics of Discomposition (Hardback) 9781501769832","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlotted Lines\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEarly Modern English Literature and the Poetics of Discomposition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdhaar Noor Desai (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501769832\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 June 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 8 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe innovation of Adhaar Desai's \u003ci\u003eBlotted Lines\u003c\/i\u003e is to relate early modern scenes of writing to our own class-rooms, weaving together composition theory with a wide range of literary studies scholarship. Both charismatic and learned, the resulting text proposes that taking early modern thinkers seriously about writing might change how we teach.\u003c\/p\u003e (Renaissance Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCowinner of the MLA Prize for a First Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlotted Lines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e rebuffs centuries of mythologization about the creative process—the idea that William Shakespeare \"never blotted out line\"—to argue that by studying how early modern writers faced the challenges of writing poetry, instructors today can empower their students' approaches to critical writing.\u003c\/b\u003e Adhaar Noor Desai offers deeply researched accounts of how poetic labor intersected with early modern rhetorical theory, material culture, and social networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTracing the productive struggles of such writers as George Gascoigne, Philip Sidney, John Davies of Hereford, Lady Anne Southwell, and Shakespeare across their manuscripts, Desai identifies in their work instances of discomposition: frustration, hesitation, self-doubt, and insecurity. Inspired to unmake their poems so that they might remake them, these poets welcomed discomposition because it catalyzed ongoing thinking and learning. \u003ci\u003eBlotted Lines \u003c\/i\u003ebrings literary scholarship into conversation with modern composition studies, challenging early modern literary studies to treat writing as both noun and verb and foregrounding the ways poetry and criticism alike can model for students the cultivation of patience, collaboration, and risk in their writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Style: George Gascoigne's \"Patched Cote\"\u003cbr\u003e Reflection: The Academic Death Penalty\u003cbr\u003e 2. Invention: Philip Sidney's \"Fear of Maybe\"\u003cbr\u003e Reflection: Released into Language\u003cbr\u003e 3. Revision: John Davies of Hereford's \"Rough Hewings\"\u003cbr\u003e Reflection: Teaching without Judging\u003cbr\u003e 4. Editing: Anne Southwell's \"Extent of Paper\"\u003cbr\u003e Reflection: Generous Thinking\u003cbr\u003e 5. Performance Anxiety: William Shakespeare's \"Perfectness\"\u003cbr\u003e Reflection: Ars Amateuria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52608089653528,"sku":"9781501769832","price":115.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/blotted-lines-early-modern-english-literature-and-the-poetics-of-discomposition-hardback-9781501769832","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}