The Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place Circa 1665
For two centuries (1540-1740) the Sidney family of Penshurt Place, Kent, produced poets, courtiers, collectors, and at least one revolutionary. Increasingly aware of the cultural ideal of the learned nobleman and of libraries as representations of that ideal, the Sidneys amassed one of the largest gentry libraries in England of their period. This edition of their library catalogue provides a vivid portrait of the birth, growth, and eventual demise of the distinguished family’s library collection.Comprised of nearly 5000 entries, the catalogue is presented with a full introduction describing the Sidneys’ intellectual world and life, their read…
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Weitere Autoren: Black, Joseph (Hrsg.) / Bowen, William (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8020-4293-4
- EAN: 9780802042934
- Produktnummer: 15155091
- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 420 S.
- Masse: H28.8 cm x B22.4 cm x D3.2 cm 1'440 g
- Gewicht: 1440
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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Germaine Warkentin is Professor Emeritus of English, University of Toronto. Joseph L. Black is professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. William R. Bowen is Chair of the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
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