Sutherland , Kathryn

Why modern manuscripts matter / Kathryn Sutherland - Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2022 - xii, 273 pages : illustrations; 22cm

A study of the cultural value of literary manuscripts that explores why they are traded, conserved, and coveted. It focuses on the history of manuscript collection from the late seventeenth to the early eighteenth century, and the emerging strains of commercial, aesthetic, and heritage value driving it

9780192856517


English literature
Authors Manuscripts

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