Title Edmund Spenser and the eighteenth-century book / hazel wilkinson

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- A Note on the Text -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction 'The Wits have sent for the Book': (Non- )Reading, and Spenserian Books before 1700 -- Chapter 1 Spenser the Whig: John Hughes's Clubbable Edition, 1715 -- Chapter 2 Miscellaneous Spenser: Verse Miscellanies and Miscellaneous Culture, 1716-1750 -- Chapter 3 Spenser Illustrated: Antiquaries and Illustrations: Thomas Birch's 1751 Edition -- Chapter 4 Spenser Annotated: Two Scholarly Editions, 1758-1759 -- Chapter 5 Spenser and the Public Domain: The Scottish Publishers' Series, 1778-1795 -- Conclusion The Legacy of Eighteenth-Century Spenserianism -- Appendix A Checklist of the Eighteenth-Century Editions of Edmund Spenser -- Works Cited -- Index 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Criticism, Textual 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 SUBJECT Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 fast Subject Book industries and trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Art appreciation Book industries and trade Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life SUBJECT Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056855 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form Bibliographies Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781107199552 1107199557 9781108203500 1108203507 9781108185714 1108185711 1316648915 9781316648919

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