William Camden by Wyman Herendeen
'William Camden: A Life In Context' provides the first major analytical biography of Camden, his life, his career as educator, herald, antiquarian, and author, since Thomas Smith's Latin biography in 1691. Camden's place in early-modern British intellectual history is legend. He authored two monuments to Elizabethan and British cultural identity, was the schoolmate of Philip Sidney, praised by Edmund Spenser, mentor and teacher of Ben Jonson and Robert Cotton, and friend of British and international scholars such as John Selden and Jacques De Thou. He was a major presence in the intellectual community of British and Continental scholars, and a poet and historian among poets and historians. 'William Camden: A Life In Context' attempts to understand the nature of his extraordinary impact on his own and subsequent generations of writers in different fields. Recognized as it is, Camden's place within the larger intellectual and cultural history of the English Renaissance has not been examined. 'The Britannia, the Annals of Elizabeth', and his antiquarian activities have attracted the attention of historians and some literary scholars, but his lesser work has been neglected, as has his shaping influence on the institutions where he worked. As Headmaster at Westminster he was an influential educator and member of the Westminster Chapter under the auspices of William Cecil; as Clarenceux King of Arms, he was a major presence in Tudor and Stuart court culture. Although history has cast him as politically disengaged, Camden lived, worked, and wrote in a politically charged world. 'William Camden: A Life In Context' attempts to locate Camden within this transformational period, and to understand what influences shaped his mind and work. WYMAN H. HERENDEN is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of English at the University of Houston, Texas.
Herendeen has rendered a notable service to scholarship with his new book, for he has furnished a life for a man we scarcely knew, even though his works are among the most distinctive scholarly productions of their timeAs Camden restored antiquity to Britain, Herendeen has restored Camden to posterity. * ROYAL STUART JOURNAL *
This magisterial study will satisfy historians and literary critics who wish to deepen their understanding of Camden's achievements, as well as those who wish to see some clichés about the man and his work rethought. This book will be an invaluable resource for graduate students or others not yet familiar with Camden but who need to understand his significance for the period. Portions of this book should be standard reading for anyone studying the mass of historical activity and the dynamic historical imagination of early modern England. * SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL *
One of the most important books ever written about William Camden. There will be worthwhile debate about how Herendeen positions Camden in the early modern English historiographical landscape and we should all be grateful that he has taken the trouble to reveal Camden the man: a far more interesting figure than most of us (or I, at least) ever imagined. * SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NEWS *
A sympathetic and important study. This is a large and elegantly-written book that will provide future scholars of Camden and his environment with plenty of grist. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *
Wyman Herendeen has done an excellent job in both disinterring the facts of Camden's career and constructing a portrait of him from the lives and culture of his intellectual circle. * THE LITERARY REVIEW *
Makes a major contribution to our understanding of the man and his intellectual world. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *
This magisterial study will satisfy historians and literary critics who wish to deepen their understanding of Camden's achievements, as well as those who wish to see some clichés about the man and his work rethought. This book will be an invaluable resource for graduate students or others not yet familiar with Camden but who need to understand his significance for the period. Portions of this book should be standard reading for anyone studying the mass of historical activity and the dynamic historical imagination of early modern England. * SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL *
One of the most important books ever written about William Camden. There will be worthwhile debate about how Herendeen positions Camden in the early modern English historiographical landscape and we should all be grateful that he has taken the trouble to reveal Camden the man: a far more interesting figure than most of us (or I, at least) ever imagined. * SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NEWS *
A sympathetic and important study. This is a large and elegantly-written book that will provide future scholars of Camden and his environment with plenty of grist. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *
Wyman Herendeen has done an excellent job in both disinterring the facts of Camden's career and constructing a portrait of him from the lives and culture of his intellectual circle. * THE LITERARY REVIEW *
Makes a major contribution to our understanding of the man and his intellectual world. * BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY *
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843831266 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843831260 |
| Title | William Camden |
| Author | Wyman Herendeen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Boydell Press |
| Year published | 2007-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 550 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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