Dorothy Osborne - Letters to Sir William Temple 1652-54 : Observations on Love, Literature, Politics and Religion (Routledge Revivals)

Parker, Kenneth (EDT)

Routledge（2023/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138723412
• DDC分類 809

Full Description

This title was first published in 2002Macaulay via Virginia Woolf to more recent critics, the letters of Dorothy Osborne (b. 1627) are not only the most elegant, but are also the most consistently readable in the language. In this revised and updated edition of her letters to the man whom she would propose and later marry, the author presents, along with transcriptions of the letters themselves, their publication history, and an in-depth exploration of the political, social, literary and critical contexts surrounding them. Osborne's letters offer astonishingly sharp-sighted comments on political and cultural events of her time. As told by the author, the story of their creation, transmission and preservation offers a fascinating insight into the mind of a remarkable woman whose actions provide revealing insights into, and materials for, the study of the politics of culture in one of the key moments of transformation in England.

Contents

ContentsThe context of the letters; Publication history of the letters: an editorial note; The Letters: Notes to the letters; Appendices; Surviving letters written during the marriage; William Temple's letter from Ireland; Genealogies; Sequencing of the letters; The Physick Well at Barnet; Litigation between William and Dorothy Temple and Sir Henry Osborne, Kt.; Bibliography; Index.