The Art of the emblem : essays in honor of Karl Josef Höltgen / edited by Michael Bath, John Manning, Alan R. Young.

Title & Author:

The Art of the emblem : essays in honor of Karl Josef Höltgen / edited by Michael Bath, John Manning, Alan R. Young.

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

AMS studies in the emblem ; no. 9

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-264) and indexes.
"Karl Joseph Höltgen" / John Horden -- "Repentance and the fountain: the transformation of symbols in English emblem books" / Clifford Davidson -- "De morte et amore: a story-telling emblem and its dimensions" / Judith Dundas -- "The connotation of symbols" / John Horden -- "'My weepinge Stagg I crowne' : the Persian lady reconsidered" / Roy Strong -- "Samuel Daniel and Abraham Fraunce on the device and the emblem" / Denis L. Drysdall -- "'Gleaninges out of other mens harvestes' : Alciato in Whitney's A choice of Emblemes" / Mary V. Silcox -- "The arbitrariness of George Wither's emblems: a reconsideration / Peter M. Daly -- "Emblematic form and reading strategy in the emblems of Margaret Gatty" / Wendy R. Katz -- "Karl Hosef Höltgen: a bibliography" / Sabine Haass.
Also issued online.

Summary:

These essays on the English manifestation of the emblem by Roy Strong, Clifford Davidson, Judith Dundas, Mary Silcox, Peter Daly, Denis Drysdall, Wendy Katz and John Horden. Collected in honour of Karl Josef Holtgen, they deal with Geoffrey Whitney, Henry Peacham, George Wither and others.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0404637108 (acid-free paper)
9780404637101 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.
Emblem books, English Bibliography.
Emblems England History.
Emblems History.
Emblèmes Angleterre Histoire.
Emblèmes Histoire.
Emblem books, English.
Emblems.
English poetry Early modern.
Emblemata.
Dichtkunst.
Engels.
England.

Form/genre:

Festschriften.
Bibliographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Mélanges (Recueils)

Added entries:

Höltgen, Karl Josef.
Bath, Michael.
Manning, John, 1948-
Young, Alan R., 1941-
AMS studies in the emblem ; no. 9.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 103802
Call No.: PR535.E5.A77 (ID:94-B1855)
Status: Available

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