Kate Loveman

Samuel Pepys and His Books

Reading, Newsgathering, and Sociability, 1660-1703

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Produktbeschreibung

Samuel Pepys and his Books uses Pepys's diary together with his unpublished papers and other contemporary sources to investigate reading and information exchange in seventeenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780198732686
• ISBN-10: 0198732686
• Artikelnr.: 47866932

Autorenporträt

Kate Loveman is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature 1600-1789 at the University of Leicester. She is the author of Reading Fictions, 1660-1740: Deception in English Literary and Political Culture (2008). Her other publications include articles on book history, eighteenth-century novels, and the introduction of chocolate into England.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: 'Multitude of books': patterns of reading in Pepys's diary
2: Books, education, and self-advancement
3: Pepys and news networks in Restoration London
4: Reading history in the Restoration
5: 'Books of pleasure': Plays, romances, and novels
6: Buying books in Restoration London
7: Books, manuscripts, gifts: Scholarly and international networks
8: 'Notes from Discourses touching Religion': Religious and scientific enquiry
9: Libraries and closets: The uses of a book collection
Afterword