02587nam 2200505 450 991015781990332120210107210647.00-19-179696-4(CKB)3830000000000273(StDuBDS)EDZ0001166128(MiAaPQ)EBC4842262(EXLCZ)99383000000000027320150224d2015 fy| 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierSamuel Pepys and his books reading, newsgathering, and sociability, 1660-1703 /Kate Loveman[electronic resource]First edition.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2015.1 online resource illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)0-19-873268-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.'Multitude of books' : patterns of reading in Peyps's diary -- Books, education, and self-advancement -- Pepys and news networks in Restoration London -- Reading history in the Restoration -- 'Books of pleasure' : plays, romances, and novels -- Buying books in Restoration London -- Books, manuscripts, gifts : scholarly and international networks -- 'Notes from discourses touching relition' : religious and scientific enquiry -- Libraries and closets : the uses of a book collection.Samuel Pepys was a great collector of books, news, and gossip. This study uses his surviving papers to examine reading practices, collecting, and the exchange of information in the late seventeenth century. Offering the first extensive history of reading during the Restoration, it traces developments in the book trade and news transmission at a time when England was the scene of dramatic political and religious upheavals.Books and readingGreat BritainHistory17th centuryEnglish literature18th centuryHistory and criticismGreat BritainIntellectual life17th centuryGreat BritainHistoryRestoration, 1660-1688Criticism, interpretation, etc.fastHistory.fastBooks and readingHistoryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.028.909410903218.05bclLoveman Kate936900StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910157819903321Samuel Pepys and his books2883689UNINA