Illustrating the past in early modern England : the representation of history in printed books / James A. Knapp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knapp, James A., 1968-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foxe, John, 1516-1587. Actes and monuments.

Foxe, John.

Holinshed, Raphael, approximately 1525-1580? Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande.

Holinshed, Raphael.

Derricke, John. Image of Irelande with a discouerie of woodkarne.

Derricke, John.

Illustrated books--Great Britain--History--15th and 16th centuries.

Illustrated books.

Early printed books--Great Britain--16th century--Bibliography.

Early printed books.

Historiography.

History.

Great Britain--Historiography--History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]

Contents:

1 Introduction: Historical Afterimages and History After Images 1

2 Printing Books "with the pyctures": The Context for Illustration in Sixteenth-Century England 35

3 Transforming Truth: Hilliard, Sidney, and the Emergence of an Anti-Materialist Aesthetic 73

4 Stories and Icons: Reorienting the Visual in John Foxe's Acts and Monuments 124

5 From "universal cosmography" to Narrative History: The Evolution of Holinshed's Chronicles 162

6 Vision into Verse: John Derricke's Image of Ireland and the Decline of Visual History 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [250]-267) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0754633322

OCLC:

51020276