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Concepts of Creativity in Seventeenth-Century England (Hardcover, New)
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Concepts of Creativity in Seventeenth-Century England (Hardcover, New)
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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
granted-such as the primacy and individuality of the author-were
apparently considered irrelevant in some contexts. The aim of this
interdisciplinary collection of essays is to explore what it meant
to create buildings and works of art, music and literature in
seventeenth-century England and to investigate the processes by
which such creations came into existence. Through a series of
specific case studies, the book highlights a wide range of ideas,
beliefs and approaches to creativity that existed in
seventeenth-century England and places them in the context of the
prevailing intellectual, social and cultural trends of the period.
In so doing, it draws into focus the profound changes that were
emerging in the understanding of human creativity in early modern
society - transformations that would eventually lead to the
development of a more recognisably modern conception of the notion
of creativity. The contributors work in and across the fields of
literary studies, history, musicology, history of art and history
of architecture, and their work collectively explores many of the
most fundamental questions about creativity posed by the early
modern English 'creative arts'. REBECCA HERISSONE is Head of Music
and Senior Lecturer in Musicology at the University of Manchester.
ALAN HOWARD is Lecturer in Music at the University of East Anglia
and Reviews Editor for Eighteenth-Century Music. Contributors:
Linda Phyllis Austern, Stephanie Carter, John Cunningham, Marina
Daiman, Kirsten Gibson, Raphael Hallett, Rebecca Herissone, Anne
Hultzsch, Freyja Cox Jensen, Stephen Rose, Andrew R. Walkling,
Amanda Eubanks Winkler, James A. Winn.
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