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Author:

Skouen, Tina, author.

Title:

The value of time in early modern English literature / by Tina Skouen.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Time and literature.
Books and reading--England--History--16th century.
Books and reading--England--History--17th century.
Literature and society--England--History--16th century.
Literature and society--England--History--17th century.
Book industries and trade--England--History--16th century.
Book industries and trade--England--History--17th century.
England--Intellectual life--16th century.
England--Intellectual life--17th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A history of haste -- Quality versus quantity: the poetics of slow writing -- "Not published rashly": Henry Peacham's emblems -- "The poetess's hasty resolution": Margaret Cavendish -- The danger of delay: the first booke of the Christian exercise and its afterlife -- Afterword: the digital age of speed.

ISBN:

9781472488053
1472488059

OCLC:

(OCoLC)990020072
(OCoLC)1012442386

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)