Commonplace Reading and Writing in Early Modern England and Beyond

by Tianhu, Hao

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Commonplace Reading and Writing in Early Modern England and Beyond, Hardcover by Tianhu, Hao, ISBN 1032629215, ISBN-13 9781032629216, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK "Approaching from bibliographical, literary, cultural, and intercultural perspectives, this book establishes the importance of Hesperides, or the Muses' Garden, a largely unexplored manuscript commonplac to early modern English literature and culture in general. Hesperides, or the Muses' Garden is a seventeenth-century manuscript commonplac known primarily for its Shakespearean connections, which extracts works by dozens of early modern English authors, including Shakespeare, Bacon, Ben Jonson, and Milton. This book sheds light on the broader significance of Hesperides that refashions our full knowledge of early modern authorship and plagiarism, composition, reading practice, and canon formation. Following two introductory chapters are three topical chapters, which respectively discuss plagiarism and early modern English writing, early modern English reading practice, and early modern English canon formation. The final chapter further expands the field to ancient China, comparing commonplacs with Chinese leishu, exploring Matteo Ricci's cross-cultural commonplace writing, and re-reading Shakespeare's sonnets in light of Ricci's On Friendship. The solid book will serve as a must read for scholars and students of early modern English literature, manuscript study, commonplacs, history of th, and intercultural stud

• ISBN: 9781032629216
• Condition: Fine

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