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The Notebooks of Nehemiah Wallington, 1618-1654. A Selection.
Dr. David . Ed(S): Booy
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Description for The Notebooks of Nehemiah Wallington, 1618-1654. A Selection.
hardcover. Writings by early-modern English artisans are rare and thus precious. Nehemiah Wallington is exceptional for having compiled fifty notebooks between 1618 and 1654. This edition covers subjects that animated Wallington's everyday life. It also includes Wallington's reflections on his own mental wellbeing, at times suicidal, at others ecstatic. Editor(s): Booy, Dr. David. Num Pages: 396 pages, Includes 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 731.
Writings by early-modern English artisans are rare and thus precious. London wood-turner and puritan, Nehemiah Wallington (1598-1658) is exceptional for having compiled fifty notebooks between 1618 and 1654. Although only seven of these are extant, they not only provide a wealth of valuable information about life in seventeenth-century London, but more importantly give access to the author's personal world, both inner and outer. Providing substantial excerpts from the surviving notebooks, this edition covers the broad range of subjects that animated Wallington's everyday life. Accounts of incidents in his domestic, working and religious life sit side by side with sustained ... Read more
Writings by early-modern English artisans are rare and thus precious. London wood-turner and puritan, Nehemiah Wallington (1598-1658) is exceptional for having compiled fifty notebooks between 1618 and 1654. Although only seven of these are extant, they not only provide a wealth of valuable information about life in seventeenth-century London, but more importantly give access to the author's personal world, both inner and outer. Providing substantial excerpts from the surviving notebooks, this edition covers the broad range of subjects that animated Wallington's everyday life. Accounts of incidents in his domestic, working and religious life sit side by side with sustained ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754651864
SKU
V9780754651864
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About Dr. David . Ed(S): Booy
Dr David Booy was from the Department of English at Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Reviews for The Notebooks of Nehemiah Wallington, 1618-1654. A Selection.
'David Booy has made an admirable selection from the notebooks, sympathetic to Wallington's own priorities and preoccupations, which he has scrupulously edited, retaining Wallington's erratic orthography, adding necessary punctuation, identifying the sources of Biblical quotations, the authors and titles of tracts and pamphlets from which Wallington copied excerpts, and the identities of the people he alludes to in the texts. ... Read more