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In the Prayse of Writing
Early Modern Manuscript Studies
- Editors:
- ISBN:
- 9780712358576
- Published:
- 01/10/2012
- Format:
- Hardback, 320 pages, 229x150mm Plus 50 black and white illustrations
- Price:
- £50.00
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A stimulating volume bringing together fourteen leading specialists to pay tribute to Dr Peter Beal, the founding editor of the English Manuscripts Studies 1100-1700
Key selling points
- New discoveries of material relating to Sir Philip Sidney, John Milton and other major writers
- A highly-regarded team of researchers of sources of early modern English literature
- Intended as a special volume for purchasers of the English Manuscript Studies 1100-1700 series
Further details
The main purpose of this stimulating volume is to bring together 14 leading specialists to pay tribute to Dr Peter Beal, the founding editor of the English Manuscripts Studies 1100-1700 (16 volumes so far published by the British Library) and also the creator of Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts 1450-1700, who has done so much to promote the study of the primary sources of this major but largely under-appreciated area of our literary culture.
About the Author / Editor
S.P. Cerasano is Edgar W.B. Fairchild Professor of Literature at Colgate University, New York. Steven W. May is adjunct Professor of English at Emory University, Georgia and Senior Research Fellow, Sheffield University.
Contributers: Julia Boffey, A.S.G> Edwards, S.P.Cerasano, Steven W.May, Henry Woodhuysen, Paul E.J. Hammer, Katherine Duncan-Jones, John Pitcher, Grace Ioppolo, Heather Wolfe, Arthur Marotti, Hilton Kelliher, Margaret Ezell, Alan H. Nelson,
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