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Aspects of Book Culture in Early Modern England (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Aspects of Book Culture in Early Modern England (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
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Thomas Anthony Birrell (1924-2011) was a man of many parts. For
most of his working life he was Professor of English Literature in
the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, where he was famous
for his lively, humoristic and thought-provoking lectures. He was
the author of some very popular literary surveys in Dutch, one of
which - a history of English literature - has had seven editions so
far. However, first and foremost he was a bibliographer and a book
historian. The present collection contains fifteen of his
book-historical articles, two reviews and one published version of
a lecture for the illustrious 'Association Internationale de
Bibliophilie'. The lecture - with a wealth of illustrations - about
the British Library as the 'Custodian of the Unique' gives one a
sense of Birrell's ability to present an audience with a
complicated topic in comprehensible, but not simplified, terms. The
reviews serve as a statement of principle of how to tackle the
subject of 'English readers and books' and the standards that ought
to apply. The articles demonstrate Tom Birrell's in-depth
knowledge, dedication and scholarship. He once said that he felt
that he could have talked to the 17th-century London booksellers on
an equal footing and his work convinces one that they would have
enjoyed these conversations. Aspects of Book Culture was edited by
Birrell's former pupil, colleague, friend and fellow-bibliographer
Jos Blom.
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