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First published 2023 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Desai, Adhaar Noor, 1987– author.

Title: Blotted lines : early modern English literature and the poetics of discomposition / Adhaar Noor Desai.

Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022034300 (print) | LCCN 2022034301 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501769832 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501769849 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501769856 (epub) | ISBN 9781501769863 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Poetics—History—16th century. | Poetics—History—17th century. | Poetics—History—18th century. | English literature—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism.

Classification: LCC PN1041 .D47 2023 (print) | LCC PN1041 (ebook) | DDC 820.9/003—dc23/eng/20230124

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022034300

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022034301