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9780859895279: The Letters Of Sir Walter Ralegh
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ISBN 10: 0859895270 ISBN 13: 9780859895279
Editorial: University of Exeter, 1999

Sinopsis


This edition of the letters of Sir Walter Ralegh will replace the long out-of-print edition of Edward Edwards published in 1868. It contains the full text, in the original spelling, with modern punctuation, of all known surviving letters, 240 in all, compared with Edwards' 160, in most cases taken from the original manuscripts, many never before published. All are extensively annotated, many have been newly dated and corrected; there is a substantial Introduction by Joyce Youings.



The letters help to reconcile the family man, never happier than when at home on his estate in the West Country, with one who is revered, especially in North America, as the founder and inspirer of English overseas settlement. They show him drawn both towards his native West Country, where he was not universally admired, and towards the Court at Westminster where lay the determination of the success or failure of his enterprises. Never before have we been able to get as near to understanding the strengths and weaknesses of one of the best-known figures of English history, the man who was both patriot and European; courtier and failed politician; soldier and poet; owner of ships and organiser of privateering ventures yet a reluctant sailor; greedy for personal wealth and social status but apparently ready to plead the case of the poor and disadvantaged.




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Agnes Latham was Reader in English Literature, Bedford College London and editor of the standard edition of Sir Walter Ralegh's poetry. Joyce Youings was Emeritus Professor of History in the University of Exeter and was well known as a specialist in Tudor history and as an editor of Tudor documents.


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Editorial
University of Exeter
Año de publicación
1999
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0859895270
ISBN 13 
9780859895279
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
466
Editor
Latham Agnes, Youings Joyce
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