In Praise of Scribes: Manuscripts and Their Makers in Seventeenth-Century England

ISBN-13: 9780198184713 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 344 str.

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Opis

In Praise of Scribes is a major contribution to manuscript studies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With case studies ranging from anonymous scribes to Sir Philip Sidney, John Donne, and Katherine Philips, this profusely illustrated book shows what wide-ranging use can be made of material evidence, and helps to define the nature of manuscript culture in this period.

Recenzje

exemplary scholarly performance... an essential guide for students of seventeenth-century written culture

O autorze

Author of the 3-volume Index of English Literary Manuscripts (Bowker and Mansell), which is the scholarly reference book in the field and will be known to every likely purchaser for our book.