Historical and Critical Remarks on Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time (Classic Reprint)

Historical and Critical Remarks on Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time (Classic Reprint)
Author: Bevil Higgons
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2016-12-03
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781334503092

Excerpt from Historical and Critical Remarks on Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time H I S Malice to the four la/t Princes, of a Race, who, we may believe the Scotch Heftorians, have govern'd him and his Ance ors two thoufand Tears, is very unaccounta ble: This Pa ionfeems to befo very unfatiable, as not to be the natural Growth of a Northern Climate, but to have been brou ht with him from the other Side t e Alps. It is Pity that he to n a journey only to Italianize a 8mm Man, and make no better Improvement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

English Historical Documents, 1660-1714

English Historical Documents, 1660-1714
Author: David Charles Douglas
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 1005
Release: 1996
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 0415143713

This is a collection of documents on English history. Editorial comment is directed towards making sources intelligible rather than drawing conclusions from them. Full account has been taken of modern textual criticism. A general introduction to each volume portrays the character of the period under review and critical bibliographies have been added to assist further investigation. Documents collected include treaties, personal letters, statutes, military dispatches, diaries, declarations, newspaper articles, government and cabinet proceedings, orders, acts, sermons, pamphlets, agricultural instructions, charters, grants, guild regulations and voting records. Volumes include genealogical tables, lists of officials, chronologies, diagrams, graphs and maps.

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature
Author: David Hopkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 749
Release: 2012-09-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199219818

"The present volume [3] is the first to appear of the five that will comprise The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (henceforth OHCREL). Each volume of OHCREL will have its own editor or team of editors"--Preface.

Historical Dictionaries in their Paratextual Context

Historical Dictionaries in their Paratextual Context
Author: Roderick McConchie
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2018-09-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110574977

Both dictionary and paratext research have emerged recently as widely-recognised research areas of intrinsic interest. This collection represents an attempt to place dictionaries within the paratextual context for the first time. This volume covers paratextual concerns, including dictionary production and use, questions concerning compilers, publishers, patrons and subscribers, and their cultural embedding generally. This book raises questions such as who compiled dictionaries and what cultural, linguistic and scientific notions drove this process. What influence did the professional interests, life experience, and social connexions of the lexicographer have? Who published dictionaries and why, and what do the forematter, backmatter, and supplements tell us? Lexicographers edited, adapted and improved earlier works, leaving copies with marginalia which illuminate working methods. Individual copies offer a history of ownership through marginalia, signatures, dates, places, and library stamps. Further questions concern how dictionaries were sold, who patronised them, subscribed to them, and how they came to various libraries.

Before Novels

Before Novels
Author: J. Paul Hunter
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1990
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780393308617

"By taking a close look at materials no previous twentieth-century critic has seriously investigated in literary terms--ephemeral journalism, moralistic tracts, questions-and-answer columns, 'wonder' narratives--Paul Hunter discovers a tangled set of roots for the early novel. His provocative argument for a new historicized understanding of the genre and its early readers brilliantly reveals unexpected affinities." --Patricia Meyer Spacks, Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English, University of Virginia