Edmund Spenser and the eighteenth-century book / Hazel Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkinson, Hazel, 1987- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Criticism, Textual.

Spenser, Edmund.

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Appreciation--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Criticism and interpretation--History--18th century.

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Influence.

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Bibliography.

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.

Book industries and trade--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Book industries and trade.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Criticism, Textual.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.

Great Britain.

Intellectual life.

Art appreciation.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 263 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590-96) occupied an important place in eighteenth-century culture. Spenser influenced almost every major writer of the century, from Alexander Pope to Samuel Johnson. What was it like to read Spenser in the eighteenth century? Or, in some cases, what was it like to not read Spenser? The first comprehensive study of all of the eighteenth-century editions of Edmund Spenser addresses these questions through bibliographical analysis, and examination of the history of the book, and eighteenth-century literature and culture. Within these contexts, Hazel Wilkinson provides new information about the production, contents, texts, and reception of the eighteenth-century editions of Spenser to illuminate how his cultural presence became so far-reaching. With each chapter structured around a major edition of Spenser's work this volume provides a timely addition to arguments about the nature of literary history and the growing cult of great writers of the past"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. 'The Wits have sent for the Book': (non-)reading, and Spenserian books before 1700

Spenser the Whig: John Hughes's Clubbable edition, 1715

Miscellaneous Spenser: verse miscellanies and miscellaneous culture, 1716-1750

Spenser illustrated antiquaries and illustrations: Thomas Birch's 1751 edition

Spenser annotated: two scholarly editions, 1758-1759

Spenser and the public domain: the Scottish Publishers' series, 1778-1795

Appendix: A checklist of the eighteenth-century editions of Edmund Spenser.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107199552

1107199557

OCLC:

983186636