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LEADER: 02029cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2001016288
003 DLC
005 20130525095614.0
008 010103s2001 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2001016288
020 $a0198270151
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aDA377.W27$bM37 2001
082 00 $a920.041$221
100 1 $aMartin, Jessica,$d1963-
245 10 $aWalton's Lives :$bconformist commemorations and the rise of biography /$cJessica Martin.
260 $aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2001.
300 $axxi, 353 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [316]-337) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: PART I: WALTON'S CONTEXT -- 1. Commemorative Strategies -- 2. Reading Plutarch, Writing Lives -- Plutarch as 'schoolemaister' -- Plutarchan Virtue and the Constant Mind -- Portraying Virtue -- Collection, Comparison, and Parallel -- 3. Godly Prototypes -- Texts -- Bodies -- Death -- 'Life, Truly Writ' -- PART II: WALTON'S LIVES -- 4. Walton's Lives of Donne and Herbert -- The Life of Dr. John Donne -- The Life of Mr. George Herbert -- 5. Walton's Lives of Hooker and Sanderson -- Introduction -- The Life of Mr. Richard Hooker -- The Life of Dr. Robert Sanderson -- 6. Walton's Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index.
600 10 $aWalton, Izaak,$d1593-1683.$tLives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert and Dr. Robert Sanderson.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xBiography$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aBiography as a literary form.
600 10 $aWotton, Henry,$cSir,$d1568-1639.
600 10 $aHooker, Richard,$d1553 or 1554-1600.
600 00 $aSanderson, Robert,$d1587-1663.
600 10 $aHerbert, George,$d1593-1633.
600 10 $aDonne, John,$d1572-1631.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001016288.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001016288-d.html