Sir Walter Ralegh and His Readers in the Seventeenth-century : Speaking to the People (Early Modern Literature in History) -- Hardback

Sir Walter Ralegh created a powerful public identity by means of the prose texts he wrote from prison. This new study not only offers a much-needed analysis of these neglected political writings, but also demonstrates the ways in which his readers modified Ralegh's public identity in a series of fascinating posthumous reinterpretations.