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Middle-class culture in Elizabethan England

Title
Middle-class culture in Elizabethan England / by Louis B. Wright.
Author
Wright, Louis B. (Louis Booker), 1899-1984
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1935.

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Description
x pages, 2 leaves, 733 pages; 24 cm
Series Statement
Huntington Library publications
Uniform Title
Huntington Library publications
Subject
  • 1500-1700
  • English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
  • Renaissance > England
  • Middle class
  • Civilization
  • English literature > Early modern
  • Intellectual life
  • Renaissance
  • Kultur
  • Mittelstand
  • Sociale geschiedenis
  • Middenklassen
  • Geschichte (1580-1640)
  • Great Britain > Civilization > 16th century
  • Great Britain > Intellectual life > 16th century
  • England
  • Great Britain
  • Großbritannien
  • Great Britain > Civilization > 17th century
  • Great Britain > Intellectual life > 17th century > Sources
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 661-677.
Contents
pt. I. The background. The middle class -- The citizen's pride -- The concern over learning -- Popular literary taste -- pt. II. The whole duty of the citizen. Handbooks to improvement -- Lessons in diligence and thrift -- Instruction in domestic relations -- Guides to Godliness -- The utility of history -- The pathway to foreign learning and languages -- pt. III. The citizen's literate recreations. Stories for amusement and edification -- Ephemeral reading -- The popular controversy over woman -- The wonders of travel -- The strange world of science -- The stage and drama -- Conclusion.
LCCN
  • 35007433
  • x280126939
OCLC
  • ocm00233904
  • 233904
  • SCSB-119348
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library