The Literary Culture of Early Modern Scotland: Manuscript Production and Transmission, 1560-1625
Awards:   Winner of Winner of Research Book of the Year 2016, Scottish Saltire.
Author:   Sebastiaan Verweij (Lecturer in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature, Lecturer in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature, University of Bristol)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198811749


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   28 September 2017
Format:   Paperback
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The Literary Culture of Early Modern Scotland: Manuscript Production and Transmission, 1560-1625


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  • Winner of Winner of Research Book of the Year 2016, Scottish Saltire.

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Author:   Sebastiaan Verweij (Lecturer in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature, Lecturer in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature, University of Bristol)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780198811749


ISBN 10:   0198811748
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   28 September 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Scottish Literary Texts and the Book History of Early Modern Britain 1: Courtly Literary Culture and Manuscripts of the Court 2: 'All the kings poesis': The Manuscripts of James VI 3: The Manuscripts of William Fowler 4: Manuscript Production, Transmission, and Urban Cultural Identities 5: Urban Developments: EUL MS Laing III.447 6: The Marks of Neighbourhood: Regional Manuscript Production and Transmission 7: The Verse Miscellanies of James Murray of Tibbermuir and Margaret Robertson of Lude Conclusion: 'Off begynnnyng and ending' Bibliography: Manuscripts Bibliography: Printed Books Index

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The most important thing this book does is argue that early modern Scotland had a distinct literary culture ... this book is a useful guide to the circulation of vernacular poetry in miscellany manuscripts. Jane Stevenson, Times Literary Supplement


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Sebastiaan Verweij was born in the Netherlands, obtained his PhD from the University of Glasgow, and is currently a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol. He previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge (2008-9), and the University of Oxford (2010-14). He has published several journal articles and book chapters on the literary and book history of Scotland. He is also the author, with Peter McCullough, of the (forthcoming) Textual Companion, volume 16 in The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne (OUP).

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