Format:
XXI, 386 S.
,
Ill.
,
22 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
ISBN:
0198700857
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9780198700852
Content:
"This edition presents the literary correspondences of the Tonsons, that is, those letters which shed light on the functioning of their publishing house, the rise of the author, the creation of literature, literary canons, and what Abigail Willilams calls 'Whig literary culture.' It also provides exemplary letters from Tonson's retirement which shows networks of friendship and patronage at work and which mark significant moment in the lives of the Tonsons. It proves that the study of these individuals, through their own words and those of those with whom they corresponded, is an important witness to their wider agency in political, diplomatic, ecclesiastical, theatrical, musical, architectural, academic, legal, and social history in late Stuart and early Hanoverian England-and in Europe
Content:
Calendar of letters -- The literary correspondences of the Tonsons -- Appendix : complete calendar of extant letters
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323 - 359) and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Tonson, Jacob 1656-1736
;
Tonson, Richard 1653-1700
;
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Author information:
Tonson, Jacob 1656-1736
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