{"product_id":"john-aubrey-brief-lives-with-an-apparatus-for-the-lives-of-our-english-mathematical-writers-critical","title":"John Aubrey: Brief Lives with an Apparatus for the Lives of Our English Mathematical Writers (Critical)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is the first scholarly edition of Aubrey's 'Brief Lives' since 1898. It includes the complete text of the three 'Brief Lives' manuscripts (including censored and deleted material, title-pages, antiquarian notes, and the indices), and provides a full general and critical introduction and comprehensive commentary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"With an Apparatus for the lives of our English mathematical writers\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndex of the Lives in Volume IIndex of Biographical Commentaries and Headnotes in Volume I \n\u003cstrong\u003eGeneral Introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e1. Philosophical and Heartie Entertainment2. Aubrey's Prety Collections3. Collaborative Writing4. Aubrey and Wood \n\u003cstrong\u003eTEXTUAL INTRODUCTION\u003c\/strong\u003e1. The Making of Brief Lives2. The Excised Lives3. The Earlier Editions4. The Present Edition \n\u003cstrong\u003eTEXTUAL CONVENTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, Volume I \n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, Volume II \n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, Volume III \n\u003cem\u003eAn Apparatus for the Lives of our English Mathematical Writers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"It is not an exaggeration to claim that until Kate Bennett came along, no one properly understood what the \n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e are . . . Bennett's edition . . . marks a new beginning for Aubrey scholarship . . . It is fitting that such scholarly devotion, extending over two decades, should have given rise to an edition that is an innovation in its own right. Nothing like it has appeared before, and it will last, if not forever, for a very long time.\" --Ruth Scurr, \n\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most astonishing feats of scholarly editing in recent decades . . . extensive, painstakingly exact, and omnisciently annotated . . . altogether stupendous.\" --Noel Malcolm, \n\u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kate Bennett . . . has achieved the apparently impossible in producing a full and accurately formatted edition of Aubrey's \n\u003cem\u003eLives\u003c\/em\u003e-a splendid achievement, on which the Oxford University Press is also to be congratulated.\" --Katherine Duncan-Jones, \n\u003cem\u003eTLS Books of the Year 2015\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] treasure trove of content that gives us unrivaled access to the intellectual and social life of the mid- to late-seventeenth century in England . . . It is no small credit to Bennett that her massive commentary is also replete with fascinating material and memorable moments. With material drawn intensively from Aubrey's own papers but also very widely from print and manuscript material.\" --Reid Barbour, \n\u003cem\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"'This is an outstanding achievement and will undoubtedly be the standard edition of the \n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e for the foreseeable future . . . [I]n its rich and varied content it is of interest . . . to anyone studying English learned culture in the seventeenth century, particularly historians of the Royal Society, of mathematics and of antiquarianism. Aubrey himself was acutely concerned that his works should be satisfactorily edited and made use of after his death; in this edition he is luckier than he could have hoped for.\" --Kelsey Jackson Williams, \n\u003cem\u003eHistory\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The publication of Bennett's wonderful edition of the \n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, in two volumes as handsome as they are typographically responsive to the extraordinary artefact which they contain, is a cause for unreserved celebration in the academy and far beyond . . . it is an exceptional achievement and the resulting work will stand as the text of the \n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e for the foreseeable future.\" --Peter Davidson, \n\u003cem\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Impeccably managed . . . wonderfully easy to read . . . This splendid edition gives us, perhaps for the first time, a true life of the first English biographer.\" --Claire Preston, \n\u003cem\u003eMilton Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The edition is based on exemplary scholarly principles . . . a labour of love . . . a landmark edition that changes how we understand the roots of modern biography.\" --Andrew Hadfield, \n\u003cem\u003eRenaissance Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[V]irtually unprecedented in the history of scholarly editing . . . unsurpassed for its scholarly rigour . . . This monumental edition is a triumph and has been well worth waiting for. Aubrey will never seem quite the same again.\" --Michael Hunter, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Seventeenth Century\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] remarkable edition . . . Kate Bennett is not the first accomplished editor of the \n\u003cem\u003eLives\u003c\/em\u003e, but she is much the most ambitious . . . Bennett reproduces the text of the manuscripts as it stands, with resourceful conventions of presentation that make her two volumes a joy to handle as well as to read. It is an extraordinary feat of scholarly assiduity . . . [Bennett] brings him alive as never before.\" --Blair Worden, \n\u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[E]xtraordinary . . . Bennett has produced a work of enormous value for all students and readers of biography.\" --C. Rollyson, CHOICE \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKate Bennett, \n\u003cem\u003emember of the Oxford English faculty\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKate Bennett was a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford, and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. She was Fellow in English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and a Research Fellow of New College, Oxford. She teaches English at Magdalen, Oxford, and is an Associate Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is the first scholarly edition of Aubrey's \n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e since 1898, the first to include the complete text of the three \n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e manuscripts (including censored and deleted material, title pages, antiquarian notes, and the indices), and the first to provide a full general and critical introduction and comprehensive commentary. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition is the first to respect the original arrangement of the Lives in Aubrey's manuscripts. \n\u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e is presented as an antiquarian and collaborative text, containing the autograph papers of biographical subjects, the annotations of those among whom the manuscripts circulated, and wax seals. As well as 25 facsimile pages, there are over 160 images, reproducing for the first time all Aubrey's horoscopes, pedigrees, coats of arms, and topographical sketches as they are found in the manuscripts. The text respects the mise-en-page of the manuscript and its status as an incomplete and heavily revised work-in-progress while presenting an edited, rather than a diplomatic, text. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe commentary presents extensive new research on manuscript sources including much material not previously known to be Aubrey's or associated with him. It also reflects the state of current scholarship. Each life is introduced by a headnote placing the life in context. This gives the dates and sequence of composition and an account of Aubrey's relationship with the biographical subject, the circulation of knowledge of that subject in Aubrey's circle, and a full account of Aubrey's notes on the subject of the life in other manuscripts and correspondence. Aubrey's biographical informants also have a long note, as do uncompleted or missing Lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eChoice\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2016 (EAN 9780199689538, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51502597538070,"sku":"9780199689538","price":594.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780199689538.jpg?v=1783311167","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/john-aubrey-brief-lives-with-an-apparatus-for-the-lives-of-our-english-mathematical-writers-critical","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}