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- Book Title
- Memory's Library: Medieval Books in Early Modern England
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226781712
ISBN-13
9780226781716
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63175495
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
354 Pages
Publication Name
Memory's Library : Medieval Books in Early Modern England
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Europe / Renaissance, Europe / Great Britain / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, History
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
23.8 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-044242
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Jennifer Summit offers persuasive--and original--views of the role played by Renaissance librarians in seeking and defining scientific knowledge. With deft strokes, she paints a picture of how collecting medieval manuscripts helped humanist scholars create the concept of textuality we still live with. Without the librarians, Summit shows, literature, and knowledge generally, would look very different., This painstaking study of the place of medieval manuscripts in the formation of the important libraries of England provides fresh insight into how primary sources have come down to us and gives us new ways to consider their origins. . . . A very important book that should be standard reading for scholars of literary and intellectual history. It establishes a critical agenda for studies in the history of the book for generations to come., "This painstaking study of the place of medieval manuscripts in the formation of the important libraries of England provides fresh insight into how primary sources have come down to us and gives us new ways to consider their origins. . . . A very important book that should be standard reading for scholars of literary and intellectual history. It establishes a critical agenda for studies in the history of the book for generations to come."William E. Engel, Seventeenth-Century News, "Summit''s wonderful monograph about the history of libraries provides a strong material basis for rethinking the traditional boundary between the Middle Ages and Renaissance."-Studies in English Literature, An innovative survey [with an] ambitious scope. . . . Memory's Library [is] an original work that will repay careful study, both by library historians and by literary scholars, and it should provoke thoughtful consideration of the significance and meaning of libraries today., "A huge achievement, a tour de force convincing the reader of its argument right from the start. . . . Her main achievement in the book is to demonstrate the premodern library''s active role in textual culture, ensuring that it will be understood from now on as not simply a space in which books were stored and protected but one in which history was created. . . . [The book] should be on the shelves of not only historians of the medieval and early modern book but everyone fascinated by the way the past both shapes and is shaped by the present."Gordon McMullan, Journal of British Studies, A huge achievement, a tour de force convincing the reader of its argument right from the start. . . . Her main achievement in the book is to demonstrate the premodern library's active role in textual culture, ensuring that it will be understood from now on as not simply a space in which books were stored and protected but one in which history was created. . . . [The book] should be on the shelves of not only historians of the medieval and early modern book but everyone fascinated by the way the past both shapes and is shaped by the present., "This painstaking study of the place of medieval manuscripts in tyhe formation of the important libraries of England provides fresh insight into how primary sources have come down to us and gives us new ways to consider their origins. . . . A very important book that should be standard reading for scholars of literary and intellectual history. It establishes a critical agenda for studies in the history of the book for generations to come."-William E. Engel, Seventeenth-Century News, Memory's Library is not (just) a history of important books and the powerful people who collected them. In Jennifer Summit's erudite and elegant account, English libraries emerge as theaters of memory and agents of change, sites of conflict and commemoration that play a major role in the construction of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and modernity itself. It deserves a place on every scholar's bookshelves., Original, erudite, supple, and eloquent, Memory's Library . . . presents the tangible space of the library as an ephemeral space of reading and memory. . . . The brilliance of Memory's Library lies in its synthesis, which suggests that the present is inextricably tied to the past., "Original, erudite, supple, and eloquent, Memory''s Library . . . presents the tangible space of the library as an ephemeral space of reading and memory. . . . The brilliance of Memory''s Library lies in its synthesis, which suggests that the present is inextricably tied to the past."William Kuskin, Publishing Research Quarterly, Original, supple, and eloquent, Memory's Library presents the tangible space of the library as an ephemeral space of reading and memory, and this marks its own transformation of English literary studies from a discipline fragmented by its very categories of analysis to one of continuity., "A huge achievement, a tour de force convincing the reader of its argument right from the start. . . . Her main achievement in the book is to demonstrate the premodern library''s active role in textual culture, ensuring that it will be understood from now on as not simply a space in which books were stored and protected but one in which history was created. . . . [The book] should be on the shelves of not only historians of the medieval and early modern book but everyone fascinated by the way the past both shapes and is shaped by the present."-Gordon McMullan,Journal of British Studies, "Original, supple, and eloquent, Memory''s Library presents the tangible space of the library as an ephemeral space of reading and memory, and this marks its own transformation of English literary studies from a discipline fragmented by its very categories of analysis to one of continuity."William Kuskin, Publishing Research Quarterly, "Summit''s wonderful monograph about the history of libraries provides a strong material basis for rethinking the traditional boundary between the Middle Ages and Renaissance." Studies in English Literature, Original, erudite, supple, and eloquent, Memory''s Library . . . presents the tangible space of the library as an ephemeral space of reading and memory. . . . The brilliance of Memory''s Library lies in its synthesis, which suggests that the present is inextricably tied to the past., "Jennifer Summit offers persuasiveand originalviews of the role played by Renaissance librarians in seeking and defining scientific knowledge. With deft strokes, she paints a picture of how collecting medieval manuscripts helped humanist scholars create the concept of textuality we still live with. Without the librarians, Summit shows, literature, and knowledge generally, would look very different."Stephen G. Nichols, Johns Hopkins University, A stimulating and rewarding book, well calculated to make us rethink many aspects of the history of late medieval and early modern libraries., "Jennifer Summit offers persuasive-and original-views of the role played by Renaissance librarians in seeking and defining scientific knowledge. With deft strokes, she paints a picture of how collecting medieval manuscripts helped humanist scholars create the concept of textuality we still live with. Without the librarians, Summit shows, literature, and knowledge generally, would look very different."-Stephen G. Nichols, Johns Hopkins University, Jennifer Summit offers persuasive-and original-views of the role played by Renaissance librarians in seeking and defining scientific knowledge. With deft strokes, she paints a picture of how collecting medieval manuscripts helped humanist scholars create the concept of textuality we still live with. Without the librarians, Summit shows, literature, and knowledge generally, would look very different., "The early fifteenth century is not a great age of English literature: yet it inaugurates, Jennifer Summit argues, a process of great English library building that flourishes for two hundred years. It is a joy to encounter a book that restores the presence of medieval books as active agents within Renaissance culture through their power to disturb and provoke. And to learn how our own reading habits, as English-speaking moderns, have been decisively shaped by this singular history of collection, ruination, and reassembly. Memory's Library is a brilliant, lucid, and generous book that deserves the widest possible audience."-David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania, This painstaking study of the place of medieval manuscripts in tyhe formation of the important libraries of England provides fresh insight into how primary sources have come down to us and gives us new ways to consider their origins. . . . A very important book that should be standard reading for scholars of literary and intellectual history. It establishes a critical agenda for studies in the history of the book for generations to come., "Original, erudite, supple, and eloquent,Memory''s Library. . . presents the tangible space of the library as an ephemeral space of reading and memory. . . . The brilliance ofMemory''s Librarylies in its synthesis, which suggests that the present is inextricably tied to the past."-William Kuskin,Publishing Research Quarterly , A huge achievement, a tour de force convincing the reader of its argument right from the start. . . . Her main achievement in the book is to demonstrate the premodern library''s active role in textual culture, ensuring that it will be understood from now on as not simply a space in which books were stored and protected but one in which history was created. . . . [The book] should be on the shelves of not only historians of the medieval and early modern book but everyone fascinated by the way the past both shapes and is shaped by the present., Summit's wonderful monograph about the history of libraries provides a strong material basis for rethinking the traditional boundary between the Middle Ages and Renaissance., "An innovative survey [with an] ambitious scope. . . . Memory''s Library [is] an original work that will repay careful study, both by library historians and by literary scholars, and it should provoke thoughtful consideration of the significance and meaning of libraries today."-Pamela Robinson, Times Higher Education, "A huge achievement, a tour de force convincing the reader of its argument right from the start. . . . Her main achievement in the book is to demonstrate the premodern library's active role in textual culture, ensuring that it will be understood from now on as not simply a space in which books were stored and protected but one in which history was created. . . . [The book] should be on the shelves of not only historians of the medieval and early modern book but everyone fascinated by the way the past both shapes and is shaped by the present."-Gordon McMullan, Journal of British Studies, Summit''s wonderful monograph about the history of libraries provides a strong material basis for rethinking the traditional boundary between the Middle Ages and Renaissance., "Memory's Library is not (just) a history of important books and the powerful people who collected them. In Jennifer Summit's erudite and elegant account, English libraries emerge as theaters of memory and agents of change, sites of conflict and commemoration that play a major role in the construction of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and modernity itself. It deserves a place on every scholar's bookshelves."-William H. Sherman, University of York, "This painstaking study of the place of medieval manuscripts in the formation of the important libraries of England provides fresh insight into how primary sources have come down to us and gives us new ways to consider their origins. . . . A very important book that should be standard reading for scholars of literary and intellectual history. It establishes a critical agenda for studies in the history of the book for generations to come."-William E. Engel,Seventeenth-Century News, "Original, supple, and eloquent,Memory''s Librarypresents the tangible space of the library as an ephemeral space of reading and memory, and this marks its own transformation of English literary studies from a discipline fragmented by its very categories of analysis to one of continuity."-William Kuskin,Publishing Research Quarterly, "A huge achievement, a tour de force convincing the reader of its argument right from the start. . . . Her main achievement in the book is to demonstrate the premodern library's active role in textual culture, ensuring that it will be understood from now on as not simply a space in which books were stored and protected but one in which history was created. . . . [The book] should be on the shelves of not only historians of the medieval and early modern book but everyone fascinated by the way the past both shapes and is shaped by the present."--Gordon McMullan, Journal of British Studies, "The early fifteenth century is not a great age of English literature: yet it inaugurates, Jennifer Summit argues, a process of great English library building that flourishes for two hundred years.It is a joy to encounter a book that restores the presence of medieval books as active agents within Renaissance culture through their power to disturb and provoke. And to learn how our own reading habits, as English-speaking moderns, have been decisively shaped by this singular history of collection, ruination, and reassembly. Memory's Library is a brilliant, lucid, and generous book that deserves the widest possible audience."David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania, The early fifteenth century is not a great age of English literature: yet it inaugurates, Jennifer Summit argues, a process of great English library building that flourishes for two hundred years. It is a joy to encounter a book that restores the presence of medieval books as active agents within Renaissance culture through their power to disturb and provoke. And to learn how our own reading habits, as English-speaking moderns, have been decisively shaped by this singular history of collection, ruination, and reassembly. Memory's Library is a brilliant, lucid, and generous book that deserves the widest possible audience., "A stimulating and rewarding book, well calculated to make us rethink many aspects of the history of late medieval and early modern libraries."-Elisabeth Leedham-Green, American Historical Review, " Memory's Library is not (just) a history of important books and the powerful people who collected them. In Jennifer Summit's erudite and elegant account, English libraries emerge as theaters of memory and agents of change, sites of conflict and commemoration that play a major role in the construction of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and modernity itself. It deserves a place on every scholar's bookshelves."William H. Sherman, University of York, "An innovative survey [with an] ambitious scope. . . . Memory''s Library [is] an original work that will repay careful study, both by library historians and by literary scholars, and it should provoke thoughtful consideration of the significance and meaning of libraries today."Pamela Robinson, Times Higher Education
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
027.042
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Libraries of Memory 1. Lydgate's Libraries: Duke Humfrey, Bury St. Edmunds, and The Fall of Princes 2. The Lost Libraries of English Humanism: More, Starkey, Elyot 3. Reading Reformation: The Libraries of Matthew Parker and Edmund Spenser 4. A Library of Evidence: Robert Cotton's Medieval Manuscripts and the Generation of Seventeenth-Century Prose 5. "Cogitation against Libraries": Bacon, the Bodleian, and the Weight of the Medieval Past Coda: Memories of Libraries Notes Index
Synopsis
In Jennifer Summit's account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition; they are volatile spaces that actively shape the meanings and uses of books, reading, and the past. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, Memory's Library revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England. Summit argues that the medieval sources that survive in English collections are the product of a Reformation and post-Reformation struggle to redefine the past by redefining the cultural place, function, and identity of libraries. By establishing the intellectual dynamism of English libraries during this crucial period of their development, Memory's Library demonstrates how much current discussions about the future of libraries can gain by reexamining their past.
LC Classification Number
Z791.E5S86 2008
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