D. R. Woolf, Woolf

Reading History in Early Modern England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the "after-life" of historical texts in the period between the arrival of printing in England and the early eighteenth century. Whereas previous studies of historical writing during this period have focused on their authors and on their style or methodology, this work examines the social forces that controlled what was written, and the impact of readers and publishers on authors. The intent is to situate the study of history books within the current literature on the history of the book and the history of print culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 766g
• ISBN-13: 9780521780469
• ISBN-10: 0521780462
• Artikelnr.: 20982416

Autorenporträt

Daniel Woolf is Professor of History at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada where he has also served as Vice-Chancellor and Principal since 2009. He previously held professorial and administrative posts at the University of Alberta (2002-2009), McMaster University (1999-2002) and Dalhousie University (1987-1999). He holds a BA from Queen's University and a D.Phil. from Oxford University. Professor Woolf is the author or editor of several books and many scholarly articles and book chapters. He has published A Global History of History with Cambridge University Press and is also general editor of the five-volume Oxford History of Historical Writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The death of the chronicle
2. The contexts and purposes of history reading
3. The ownership of historical works
4. Borrowing and lending
5. Clio bound and unbound
6. Marketing history
Conclusion
Appendix A: A bookseller's inventory, c. 1730
Appendix B: History by auction: auction sale catalogues 1686-1700.