1 option
The polished cornerstone of the temple : queenly libraries of the Enlightenment / María Luisa López-Vidriero.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- López-Vidriero, María Luisa, author.
- Series:
- Panizzi lectures ; 2004.
- Panizzi lectures ; 2004
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737--Books and reading.
- Caroline.
- Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766--Books and reading.
- Elizabeth Farnese.
- Women--Books and reading--Europe--History--18th century.
- Women.
- Women book collectors--Europe--History--18th century.
- Women book collectors.
- Women intellectuals--Europe--History--18th century.
- Women intellectuals.
- Courts and courtiers--History--18th century.
- Courts and courtiers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (110 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Other Title:
- Queenly libraries of the Enlightenment
- Place of Publication:
- London : British Library, [2005]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on the Panizzi Lectures given in the British Library in November 2004, "The Polished Cornerstones of the Temple" examines the impact of women's educational projects on female reading and book collecting in the royal courts of the eighteenth century. Because monarchs are international figures who also provide a behaviour-model for their national subjects; they make excellent case-studies for observing particular national patterns within the wider context of European written culture. The main part of the study is devoted to exploring the libraries of two queens: Caroline of Ansbach (1638-1727), wife of George II, and Elizabeth Farnese (1692-1766), wife of Philip V. By comparing and contrasting their two great collections, author Maria Luisa Lopez-Vidriero moves beyond Protestant-Catholic intellectual and religious differences and begins to define a European eighteenth-century female literary canon.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- A Weakness for Reading: Heavy Books in Light Hands
- Libraries under the Philosophical Eye: Caroline of Ansbach and Elizabeth Farnese
- Towards a Female Literary Canon.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7123-6374-2
- OCLC:
- 925450328
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.