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Concepts of Creativity in Seventeenth-Century England
Rebecca Herissone
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The first genuinely interdisciplinary study of creativity in early modern England In the seventeenth century, the concept of creativity was far removed from most of the fundamental ideas about the creative act - notions of human imagination, inspiration, originality and genius - that developed in the eighteenthand nineteenth centuries. Instead, in this period, students learned their crafts by copying and imitating past masters and did not consciously seek to break away from tradition. Most new material was made on the instructions of apatron and had to conform to external expectations; and basic tenets that we tend to take for ... Read more
The first genuinely interdisciplinary study of creativity in early modern England In the seventeenth century, the concept of creativity was far removed from most of the fundamental ideas about the creative act - notions of human imagination, inspiration, originality and genius - that developed in the eighteenthand nineteenth centuries. Instead, in this period, students learned their crafts by copying and imitating past masters and did not consciously seek to break away from tradition. Most new material was made on the instructions of apatron and had to conform to external expectations; and basic tenets that we tend to take for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843837404
SKU
V9781843837404
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About Rebecca Herissone
KIRSTEN GIBSON is Senior Lecturer and Head of Music at Newcastle University. STEPHANIE CARTER is a music historian and archivist. JOHN CUNNINGHAM is a Reader and Director of Research at the School of Music and Media, Bangor University.
Reviews for Concepts of Creativity in Seventeenth-Century England
The volume's interdisciplinary approach, contextualizing concepts of creativity across the cultural milieu of seventeenth-century England, is one of its strengths.
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Will be of enormous help to anyone wishing to understand more about 17th-century culture in general; and the high quality of the chapters will ensure a long life as a standard reference source and as a ... Read more
RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY
Will be of enormous help to anyone wishing to understand more about 17th-century culture in general; and the high quality of the chapters will ensure a long life as a standard reference source and as a ... Read more