A Short Title Catalogue Of Books Printed In England Scotland Ireland And Of English Books Printed Abroad 1475 1640 A H

Author : Alfred William Pollard,William Alexander Jackson,Frederic Sutherland Ferguson,Katharine F. Pantzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:49015003071405

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A Short-title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640: A-H by Alfred William Pollard,William Alexander Jackson,Frederic Sutherland Ferguson,Katharine F. Pantzer Pdf

In 1926 the Bibliographical Society published the first edition of A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640. Now universally known as 'STC', it has become indispensable to historians, literary scholars, and bibligraphers, whose work involves printed sources before the Civil War. The second part of this edition was the first to be published in 1976: volume I covering A-H now completes the main text; it will be followed by a third volume, containing the addenda that ten years of use have already produced, detailed indexes of printing and booksellers, with dates and places of business, concordance with other lists and catalogues, and other supplementary material.

Author : Nicholas Goodman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111588254

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Hollands leaguer by Nicholas Goodman Pdf

Introduction -- I. The Pamphlet and its Purpose -- II. The Form and Style -- III. The Author and the Audience -- IV. The Occasion and the Results -- The Text -- Explanatory Notes -- Appendices -- A. Textual Notes -- B.A Typescript of Act IV of the Play -- C.A Typescript of the Ballad -- D.A Modern Typescript of the Text -- Bibliography

Author : Akihiro Yamada
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351764469

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Experiencing Drama in the English Renaissance by Akihiro Yamada Pdf

This book investigates the complex interactions, through experiencing drama, of readers and audiences in the English Renaissance. Around 1500 an absolute majority of population was illiterate. Henry VIII’s religious reformation changed this cultural structure of society. ‘The Act for the Advancement of True Religion’ of 1543, which prohibited the people belonging to the lower classes of society as well as women from reading the Bible, rather suggests that there already existed a number of these folks actively engaged in reading. The Act did not ban the works of Chaucer and Gower and stories of men’s lives – good reading for them. The successive sovereigns’ educational policies also contributed to rising literacy. This trend was speeded up by London’s growing population which invited the rise of commercial playhouses since 1567. Every citizen saw on average about seven performances every year: that is, about three per cent of London’s population saw a performance a day. From 1586 onwards merchants’ appearance in best-seller literature began to increase while stage representation of reading/writing scenes also increased and stimulated audiences towards reading. This was spurred by standardisation of the printing format of playbooks in the early 1580s and play-minded readers went to playbooks, eventually to create a class of playbook readers. Late in the 1590s, at last, playbooks matched with prose writings in ratio to all publications. Parts I and II of this book discuss these topics in numerical terms as much as possible and Part III discusses some monumental characteristics of contemporary readers of Chapman, Ford, Marston and Shakespeare.

Author : F. W. Bateson
Publisher : AldineTransaction
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780202362854

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A Guide to English Literature by F. W. Bateson Pdf

At first glance A Guide to English Literature may seem to be no more than a short bibliography of English literature with perhaps rather more extensive--and certainly more outspoken--comments on the principal editions, commentaries, biographies, and critical works than bibliographies usually provide. But it is something more: this guide contains long "inter-chapters" that provide reinterpretations of the principal periods of English literature in the light of modern research, as well as two final sections summarizing in unusual detail the literary criticism that exists in English and recent scholarship in the field. The purpose of this book, then, is to provide the reader with convenient access to a disciplined study of the texts themselves. This guide proposes itself as a new kind of literary history. The conventional history of literature has often tended to become a substitute for the reading of the literature it describes: the better the history, the greater the temptation to substitute it. The present combination of reading lists and inter-chapters cannot be a substitute for anything else. Meaningless as literature in themselves, they nevertheless provide the necessary preliminary information to meaningful reading. Since oddities of arrangement derive from these assumptions, the authors are not arranged alphabetically. Instead there are chronological compartments--with the divisions circa 1500, 1650, and 1800--in which authors succeed each other in the order of their births. This pioneering handbook is primarily a bibliographical laborsaving device. It is meant mostly for students and the general reader in that it stops where original research by the reader is expected to begin. However, the last chapter on literary scholarship is devoted specifically to the research specialist and provides indispensable equipment for the reader. There is also a general section on literary criticism which will be of use to all. F.W. Bateson (1901-1978) was University Lecturer in English Literature at Oxford and a Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College. Founder and editor of the periodical Essays in Criticism, he is also editor of the four-volume Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature and the author of a number of critical studies of English poetry and drama.

Author : Anne Dunan-Page
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 3039100556

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Grace Overwhelming by Anne Dunan-Page Pdf

Awarded the 2007 National Research Prize SAES/AEFA. This study is a reappraisal of John Bunyan in the light of the dissenting religious culture of the late-seventeenth century. Charges of schism and fanaticism were repeatedly levelled against Bunyan, both from within the dissenting community and without, but far from being chastened by these accusations, Bunyan responded with a religious discourse marked by a rhetoric of excess. The focus of this book is therefore upon Bunyan's overwhelming spiritual experiences, especially the representation of torment, in his literary and polemical works. The believers' suffering was an obsessive concern of dissenting ministers, even to the point where their writings are often remembered today for little else. Hitherto, most scholars have termed all the mental states that they invoke 'despair', but this simplifies the experiences at issue. A wealth of contemporary material helps to restore the nuances of seventeenth-century physical and spiritual conditions, from enthusiasm to melancholy and madness; from fear to desertion and sloth. These chapters explore fresh ways in which this subtle typology of torment and its extreme manifestations form the core of the literary expression of Restoration dissent, challenging Bunyan to represent spiritual equilibrium as the ultimate quest of the earthly pilgrimage.

Author : Paul E. J. Hammer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0521434858

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The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics by Paul E. J. Hammer Pdf

A revisionist 1999 account of the career of Elizabeth I's 'favourite', the 2nd Earl of Essex.

Author : Michael J. Marcuse
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 2816 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780520321878

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A Reference Guide for English Studies by Michael J. Marcuse Pdf

Author : Anne T. Thayer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351912310

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Penitence, Preaching and the Coming of the Reformation by Anne T. Thayer Pdf

Why did the Reformation take root in some places and not others? Although many factors were involved, the varying character of penitential preaching across Europe in the decades prior to the Reformation was an especially important contributor to the subsequent receptivity of evangelical ideas. In this book, several collections of model sermons are studied to provide an overview of late medieval teaching on penitence. What emerges is a pattern of differing emphases in different geographical locations, with the characteristic emphases of the penitential message in each region suggesting how such teaching prepared the ground for both the appeal and the reputation of Luther's message. People heard and interpreted the new theology using the late medieval penitential understandings and expectations they had been taught. The variety of teaching found in the Church left different regions vulnerable or resistant to evangelical critiques and alternatives. Despite current academic claims that the establishment of the Reformation cannot have resulted from lay religious understanding, this study offers evidence that theological ideas did reach beyond religious elites to promote a degree of popular support for the Reformation.

Author : E. S. Leedham-Green
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521308739

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Books in Cambridge Inventories: Volume 2, Catalogue by E. S. Leedham-Green Pdf

These two volumes, published early in 1987 will now be made available for purchase, at a special price, as a Set. They list the contents of two hundred private libraries, as recorded in inventories presented for probate in the Vice-Chancellor's Court at the University of Cambridge between 1535 and 1760. Most of the books listed (as well as the maps and instruments, scientific and musical) reflect the flowering of the late English Renaissance as it affected all levels of the University community from academic potentates to the humblest student. The first volume presents the lists themselves, with brief biographical details of the books' owners, and appendices which include extracts from early wills; the second volume catalogues by author and title the books listed in Volume I, and is further supplied with an index, under broad subject-headings, of the authors represented. Dr. Leedham-Green has assembled one of the largest collections of private book-holdings ever published for this period in this country, comprising some 20,000 titles.

Author : David H. Stam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136777844

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International Dictionary of Library Histories by David H. Stam Pdf

Following the format of Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places and International Dictionary of University Histories, the International Dictionary of Library Histories provides basic information for each institution - location and holdings - followed by an extensive (1,000-5,000 word) essay on its history as well as a Further Reading list. In addition, the dictionary includes introductory articles on the history of various types of libraries and a library history in various regions of the world. The dictionary profiles more than 200 institutions from around the world, including the world's most important research libraries and other libraries with globally or regionally notable collections, innovative traditions, and significant and interesting histories. The essays take advantage of the growing scholarship of library history to provide insightful overviews of each institution, including not only the traditional values of these libraries but their innovations as well, such as developments in automated systems and electronic delivery. The profiles will emphasize the unique materials of research in these institutions - archives, manuscripts, personal and institutional papers. The introductory articles on types of libraries include topics ranging from theological libraries to prison libraries, from the ancient to the digital. An international team of more than 200 leading scholars in the field have contributed essays to the project.

Author : Raluca L. Radulescu,Cory James Rushton
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843842705

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A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance by Raluca L. Radulescu,Cory James Rushton Pdf

Popular romance was one of the most wide-spread forms of literature in the Middle Ages, yet despite its cultural centrality, and its fundamental importance for later literary developments, the genre has defied precise definition, its subject matter ranging from tales of chivalric adventure, to saintly women, and monsters that become human. The essays in this collection provide contexts, definitions, and explanations for the genre, particularly in an English context. Topics covered include genre and literary classification; race and ethnicity; gender; orality and performance; the romance and young readers; metre and form; printing culture; and reception.

Author : Astrid Stilma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317187752

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A King Translated by Astrid Stilma Pdf

King James is well known as the most prolific writer of all the Stuart monarchs, publishing works on numerous topics and issues. These works were widely read, not only in Scotland and England but also on the Continent, where they appeared in several translations. In this book, Dr Stilma looks both at the domestic and international context to James's writings, using as a case study a set of Dutch translations which includes his religious meditations, his epic poem The Battle of Lepanto, his treatise on witchcraft Daemonologie and his manual on kingship Basilikon Doron. The book provides an examination of James's writings within their original Scottish context, particularly their political implications and their role in his management of his religio-political reputation both at home and abroad. The second half of each chapter is concerned with contemporary interpretations of these works by James's readers. The Dutch translations are presented as a case study of an ultra-protestant and anti-Spanish reading from which James emerges as a potential leader of protestant Europe; a reputation he initially courted, then distanced himself from after his accession to the English throne in 1603. In so doing this book greatly adds to our appreciation of James as an author, providing an exploration of his works as politically expedient statements, which were sometimes ambiguous enough to allow diverging - and occasionally unwelcome - interpretations. It is one of the few studies of James to offer a sustained critical reading of these texts, together with an exploration of the national and international context in which they were published and read. As such this book contributes to the understanding not only of James's works as political tools, but also of the preoccupations of publishers and translators, and the interpretative spaces in the works they were making available to an international audience.

Author : Steven J. Gunn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780198802860

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The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII by Steven J. Gunn Pdf

War should be recognised as one of the defining features of life in the England of Henry VIII. Henry fought many wars throughout his reign, and this book explores how this came to dominate English culture and shape attitudes to the king and to national history, with people talking and reading about war, and spending money on weaponry and defence.

Author : Rui Carvalho Homem,Fátima Vieira
Publisher : Universidade do Porto
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : England
ISBN : 9728025491

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Gloriana's Rule by Rui Carvalho Homem,Fátima Vieira Pdf

Author : Shanyn Altman,Jonathan Buckner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030772673

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Old St Paul’s and Culture by Shanyn Altman,Jonathan Buckner Pdf

Old St Paul’s and Culture is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that looks predominantly at the culture of Old St Paul’s and its wider precinct in the early modern period, while also providing important insights into the Cathedral’s medieval institution. The chapters examine the symbolic role of the site in England’s Christian history, the London book trade based in and around St Paul’s, the place of St Paul’s commercial indoor playhouse within the performance culture of sixteenth and seventeenth-century London, and the intersection of religion and politics through events such as civic ceremonies and occasional sermons. Through the organising theme of culture, the authors demonstrate how the site, as well as the people and trades occupying the precinct, can be positioned within wider fields of representations, practices, and social networks. A focus on St Paul’s is therefore about more than just the specific site on Ludgate Hill: it is about those practices and representations connected to it, which either extended beyond or originated in places other than the Cathedral environs. This points to the range of localised, regional, national, and transnational relationships in which the precinct and its people were situated and to which they contributed.