| The English Emblem Tradition: Volume 4: William Camden, H.G., and Otto Van Veen Contributor(s): Daly, Peter (Editor), Silcox, Mary V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0802043674 ISBN-13: 9780802043672 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $159.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1998 Annotation: This volume of the index emblematicus deals with three early seventeenth-century works: Remaines of a Greater Worke Concerning Britaine, by William Camden; The Mirrour of Maiestie, by H.G.; and Otto van Veen's Amorum Emblemata. Camden's Remaines is noteworthy for using imprese in language as pictorial image; for mixing imprese with cognizance; and for considering impresa itself as the identity of the individual rather than as a general principle. H.G's Mirrour is remarkable in that every one of its emblems consists of a personal heraldic coat of arms of an identified statesman twinned with a pictorial engraving, motto, and epigram on an opposite pages. Van Veen's Emblemata enters literary history as a volume of emblem pictures consecrated to secular love experience, encapsulating some of the conventions of the sonnet sequences and having a strong influence on religious love literature. Each book is reproduced with critical and bibliographic introductions, translation of the poems and mottos, descriptions of the emblems, and indices to the visual and verbal components of the works. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Art | Techniques - Printmaking |
| Dewey: 016.828 |
| LCCN: 90110062 |
| Series: Index Emblematicus |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 8.64" W x 11.32" (2.72 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume of the Index Emblematicus deals with three early seventeenth-century works: Remaines of a Greater Worke Concerning Britaine, by William Camden; The Mirrour of Maiestie, by H.G.; and Otto van Veen's Amorum Emblemata. Camden's Remaines is noteworthy for using imprese in language as pictorial image; for mixing imprese with cognizance; and for considering impresa itself as the identity of the individual rather than as a general principle. H.G.'s Mirrour is remarkable in that every one of its emblems consists of a personal heraldic coat of arms of an identified statesman twinned with a pictorial engraving, motto, and epigram on an opposite page. Van Veen's Emblemata enters literary history as a volume of emblem pictures consecrated to secular love experience, encapsulating some of the conventions of the sonnet sequences and having a strong influence on religious love literature. Each book is reproduced with critical and bibliographic introductions, translation of the poems and mottos, descriptions of the emblems, and indices to the visual and verbal components of the works. |
Contributor Bio(s): Daly, Peter: - Peter M. Daly is a professor emeritus in the Department of German Studies at McGill University.Silcox, Mary V.: - Mary V. Silcox is Professor of English at McMaster University. |