Samuel Pepys and His Books: Reading, Newsgathering, and Sociability, 1660-1703
- ISBN-10
- 0198732686
- ISBN-13
- 9780198732686
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Kate Loveman
Description
Samuel Pepys is one of the most well-known figures of the seventeenth century as a result of the tremendously detailed, lively diary he kept in the 1660s. This book uses Pepys's diary together with his unpublished papers and other contemporary sources to investigate reading and information exchange in the seventeenth century. In the process, it offers new discoveries about Pepys's life and about social, literary, and political change during a dramatic period ofEnglish history. As well as being of major interest to researchers on seventeenth-century literature and history, it is also designed to be intriguing and useful to undergraduates taking early modernliterature and history modules, and to members of the public with an interest in learning more about Pepys and his time.
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