The first comprehensive study of the eighteenth-century response to the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser, from editions to influence.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Hazel Wilkinson is a Birmingham Fellow at the University of Birmingham, where she lectures on eighteenth-century literature. She has published articles and book chapters on subjects including eighteenth-century literature, typography, and the history of the book trade, and is currently an editor on The Oxford Edition of the Writings of Alexander Pope (forthcoming). Wilkinson has also created a database of eighteenth-century printers' ornaments in partnership with the University of Cambridge Library.
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List of abbreviations List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. 'The Wits have sent for the Book': (non-)reading, and Spenserian books before 1700 1. Spenser the Whig: John Hughes's Clubbable Edition, 1715 2. Miscellaneous Spenser: verse miscellanies and miscellaneous culture, 1716-50 3. Spenser illustrated: Thomas Birch's 1751 Edition 4. Spenser annotated: two scholarly editions, 1758-9 5. Spenser and the public domain: the Scottish Publishers' series, 1778-95 Appendix A: checklist of the eighteenth-century editions of Edmund Spenser List of works cited Index.
List of abbreviations; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. 'The Wits have sent for the Book': (non-)reading, and Spenserian books before 1700; 1. Spenser the Whig: John Hughes's Clubbable Edition, 1715; 2. Miscellaneous Spenser: verse miscellanies and miscellaneous culture, 1716-50; 3. Spenser illustrated: Thomas Birch's 1751 Edition; 4. Spenser annotated: two scholarly editions, 1758-9; 5. Spenser and the public domain: the Scottish Publishers' series, 1778-95; Appendix A: checklist of the eighteenth-century editions of Edmund Spenser; List of works cited; Index.
List of abbreviations List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. 'The Wits have sent for the Book': (non-)reading, and Spenserian books before 1700 1. Spenser the Whig: John Hughes's Clubbable Edition, 1715 2. Miscellaneous Spenser: verse miscellanies and miscellaneous culture, 1716-50 3. Spenser illustrated: Thomas Birch's 1751 Edition 4. Spenser annotated: two scholarly editions, 1758-9 5. Spenser and the public domain: the Scottish Publishers' series, 1778-95 Appendix A: checklist of the eighteenth-century editions of Edmund Spenser List of works cited Index.
List of abbreviations; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. 'The Wits have sent for the Book': (non-)reading, and Spenserian books before 1700; 1. Spenser the Whig: John Hughes's Clubbable Edition, 1715; 2. Miscellaneous Spenser: verse miscellanies and miscellaneous culture, 1716-50; 3. Spenser illustrated: Thomas Birch's 1751 Edition; 4. Spenser annotated: two scholarly editions, 1758-9; 5. Spenser and the public domain: the Scottish Publishers' series, 1778-95; Appendix A: checklist of the eighteenth-century editions of Edmund Spenser; List of works cited; Index.
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