Renaissance Self-Fashioning

Book • 2005
In *Renaissance Self-Fashioning*, Stephen Greenblatt explores the concept of self-fashioning during the Renaissance, examining how major literary figures like More, Tyndale, Wyatt, Spenser, Marlowe, and Shakespeare shaped their identities and public personas.

The book delves into the cultural and intellectual context of the time, highlighting the influence of the Reformation, humanism, and print culture on the emergence of individual identity.

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as a book about the book of Genesis, about Adam and Eve.
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