Laneham´s Letter Describing the Magnificent Pageants Presented Before Queen Elizabeth
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Laneham´s Letter Describing the Magnificent Pageants Presented Before Queen Elizabeth: At Kenilworth Castle; In 1875; Repeatedly Referred to in the Romance of Kenilworth; With an Introductory Preface, Glossarial and Explanatory Notes The uncommon interest which has been excited by the admirable historical romance of Kenilworth, has induced the publisher of the present volume to reprint a contemporary account of the pageants at the castle of the Earl of Leicester, with such revisions and improvements as might best qualify it for general reading. English prose, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, was either harsh and unmusical in its own construction, or was rendered almost unintelligible by fantastical and romantic expressions, such as were used by Puttenham, Lilly, Henry Lite, Sir Philip Sidney, and others. Robert Laneham, the author of the following descriptive Letter, as an officer of the court, naturally fell into the style of speaking and writing which was then fashionable; and accordingly his sentences are often so metaphorical, or constructed of such singular expressions, that they would lead the plain and general reader to doubt what was his true meaning. Such, together with the affected and pedantic mode of spelling, were the publisher´s motives for modernising this curious document, and for adding the explanatory notes which accompany it. By many his labours will doubtless be received with pleasure; but to those who would tenaciously adhere to the very rust of antiquity, he would remark with an eminent bibliographical writer, that Laneham´s language is not changed, but only "the dust is taken from his coat, and the tarnish from his lace." Having thus shown the reasons which first induced a modern edition of this amusing detail of the Kenilworth festivities, it remains to give some account of the author "Master Robert Laneham. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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