Sir William Cornwallis the Younger (c.1579-1614) and the emergence of the essay in England
<p>This thesis provides a full-length critical treatment of the <em>Essayes</em> (1600-01) of Sir William Cornwallis (c.1579-1614). Cornwallis' <em>Essayes</em> are the first examples of the ‘familiar’ essay in English: to which the rhetorical shaping of persona an...
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2013
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