Commonplace Reading and Writing in Early Modern England and Beyond

Approaching from bibliographical, literary, cultural, and intercultural perspectives, this book establishes the importance of Hesperides, or the Muses' Garden, a largely unexplored manuscript commonplace book to early modern English literature and culture in general.

List of contents

1. Prologue 2. The Static Shape of the Written Page 3. Hesperides in the Commonplace Book Tradition 4. Commonplace Writing in Early Modern England 5. Hesperides and Early Modern Reading Practice 6. Hesperides and Early Modern Canon Formation 7. Comparative and Cross-Cultural Studies of Commonplacing 8.

About the author

Hao Tianhu is a Qiushi Distinguished Professor at Zhejiang University, China. He works mainly in early modern English literature and comparative literature.

Product details

• Authors: Hao Tianhu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032635729
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263572-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Material Readings in Early Modern Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800