Commonplace Reading And Writing In Early Modern England And Beyond

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Approaching from bibliographical, literary, cultural, and intercultural perspectives, this book establishes the importance of Hesperides, or the Muses’ Garden, a largely unexplored manuscript commonplace book to early modern English literature and culture in general. Hesperides, or the Muses’ Garden is a seventeenth-century manuscript commonplace book known primarily for its Shakespearean connections, which extracts works by dozens of early modern English authors, including Shakespeare, Bacon, Ben Jonson, and Milton. This book sheds light on the broader significance of Hesperides that refashions our full knowledge of early modern authorship and plagiarism, composition, reading practice, and canon formation. Following two introductory chapters are three topical chapters, which respectively discuss plagiarism and early modern English writing, early modern English reading practice, and early modern English canon formation. The final chapter further expands the field to ancient China, comparing commonplace books with Chinese leishu, exploring Matteo Ricci’s cross-cultural commonplace writing, and re-reading Shakespeare’s sonnets in light of Ricci’s On Friendship. The solid book will serve as a must read for scholars and students of early modern English literature, manuscript study, commonplace books, history of the book, and intercultural study.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Hao Tianhu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release : 2023-12-01
File : 268 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781003813606


Women Reading And The Cultural Politics Of Early Modern England

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A study of the representation of reading in early modern Englishwomen's writing, this book exists at the intersection of textual criticism and cultural history. It looks at depictions of reading in devotional works, maternal advice books, poetry, fiction, and manuscripts for evidence of ways in which women conceived of reading in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England. Among the texts considered are Katherine Parr, Lamentation of a Sinner; Anne Askew, The Examinations of Anne Askew; Dorothy Leigh, The Mothers Blessing; Elizabeth Grymeston, Miscelanea Meditations Memoratives; Anne Cornwallis's commonplace book (Folger MS V.a.89); Aemelia Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum; The Death and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Bodleian MS Don.e.17), and Mary Wroth, The First Part of The Countess of Montgomery's Urania.

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Genre : History
Author : Edith Snook
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release : 2017-07-05
File : 199 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781351871495


The Reception Of Aristotle S Poetics In The Italian Renaissance And Beyond

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Using new and cutting-edge perspectives, this book explores literary criticism and the reception of Aristotle's Poetics in early modern Italy. Written by leading international scholars, the chapters examine the current state of the field and set out new directions for future study. The reception of classical texts of literary criticism, such as Horace's Ars Poetica, Longinus's On the Sublime, and most importantly, Aristotle's Poetics was a crucial part of the intellectual culture of Renaissance Italy. Revisiting the translations, commentaries, lectures, and polemic treatises produced, the contributors apply new interdisciplinary methods from book history, translation studies, history of the emotions and classical reception to them. Placing several early modern Italian poetic texts in dialogue with twentieth-century literary theory for the first time, The Reception of Aristotle's Poetics in the Italian Renaissance and Beyond models contemporary practice and maps out avenues for future study.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : Bryan Brazeau
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2020-04-16
File : 313 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781350078949


Renaissance Commonplace Books From The British Library London

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Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Author : William Howard Sherman
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Release : 2003
File : 62 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015088951341


Readers Audiences And Coteries In Early Modern England

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This book draws on and contributes to the wealth of recent research in the history of the book and the history of reading. All six case studies contained here are linked by the general theme of how a particular text, or type of text, may have been appropriated by an individual, a group of readers, or the author themselves. The contributors consider how the physical form of the text impacts on its readership, concluding that early modern texts do not hold a fixed meaning but are instead interpreted and appropriated in a different manner by each individual reader. Through discussions of a range of different publications, the contributors to this volume describe a period that was both vibrant and inventive in its literary output. The extension of literacy and the increased access to written material made possible by the printing press raised concerns of legitimacy and reputation, an aspect explored here in relation to the publication of plays, as well as concerns over the efficacy and role of censorship within the literary marketplace. This volume seeks to add a further contribution to the increasing interdisciplinary dialogue over the history of the book, the history of reading and the networks of exchange involved in the 'textual culture' of early modern England. Concerned with reading practices throughout the period, the contributors come from the fields of both English and history and provide a variety of new interpretations on the presentation of texts, the aims of their authors, and the ways in which their audiences received them. The range of literary and historical material covered within the chapters of this volume represents a valuable reinforcement of the need for interdisciplinary study through a demonstration of the benefits of collaboration between literary and historical scholars.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Geoff Baker
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release : 2006
File : 136 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105123331832


The Journal Of Medieval And Early Modern Studies

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Genre : Electronic journals
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Release : 2002
File : 650 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:B4928528


Dissertation Abstracts International

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Genre : Dissertations, Academic
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Release : 2008
File : 700 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105132702510


Communities In Early Modern England

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This volume attempts to rediscover the richness of community in the early modern world - through bringing together a range of fascinating material on the wealth of interactions that operated in the public sphere. Divided into three parts the book looks at:the importance of place - ranging from the Parish, to communities of crime, to the place of political culture,Community and Networks - how individuals were bound into communities by religious, professional and social networksthe value of rhetoric in generating community - from the King's English to the use of 'public' as a rhetorical community. Explores the many ways in which people utilised communication, space, and symbols to constitute communities in early modern England. Highly interdisciplinary - incorporating literary material, history, religion, medical, political and cultural histories together, will be of interest to specialists, students and anyone concerned with the meaning and practice of community, past and present.

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Genre : History
Author : Alexandra Shepard
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Release : 2000
File : 296 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105025107405


The Huntington Library Quarterly

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Genre : Electronic journals
Author : Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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Release : 2008
File : 428 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015079780394


Humanities Index

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Genre : Humanities
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Release : 2001
File : 1666 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:B5120363