HALL, Joseph

by Joseph Hall

£2,950 · Offered by Sokol Books

First edition of some of the works of the celebrated theologian and author Joseph Hall, published four years after his death containing many as yet unpublished including two important pieces of autobiography, many of his unpublished sermons on a multitude of subjects, and several controversial writings. The two autobiographical works are Observations of some Specialities of Divine Providence In the Life of Jos. Hall, Bishop of Norwich and his tract Hard Measure which details the severe treatment to which himself and other prelates were subjected under Parliament during Charles reign. Hall is responsible for initiating several literary genres. In his own day, he was acknowledged as a leader of literary fashion . Tom Fleming Kinloch describes him as a pioneer in more than one branch of literature. Hall has been regarded by scholars mainly as a master of satire. John Milton criticised Hall s writings [but] despite Milton s criticism there have been many voices praising Hall s contributions to English literature. Arnold Davenport quotes Pope, who found Hall s satirical works to be amongst the best poetry and authentic satire in the English language. Damrau The Reception of English Puritan Literature in Germany. Several folio editions of his works were published by the bishop in his lifetime, in 1621, 1625, and 1634. The preface of the first folio has an extravagant laudation of King James, reprinted in the folio of 1634. A small quarto, with a collection of posthumous pieces call

• Binding: Hardcover

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