[Sca-cooks] Progresses of Elizabeth NEW EDITION

[Wanda Pease]

Last time I talked to Dr. Clarke she said that they were a "bit behind"
since this was supposed to be published already :-).  Unfortunately there
will not be a CD/DVD edition so it won't be searchable (I know - a bit of
cheese with that Whine).  I'm just worried about the suggested price.  If it
has one half the scholarship in it that I think it will, 50 pounds will be a
steal!  The originals were done in 3 thick volumes between 1789 and 1828 and
comprise over 3000 pages with three huge fold out pictures.

Luckily Perdue University has a copy of the originals that they will lend
via ILL so I have a Xerox (now do you know how I know there are 3000
pages?).  I also have a three volume copy that was put out in the States in
about 1965.  The footnoted and glossed texts will be much more useful.

I'm just thinking of the price differential that happened between the time
when Soup for the Qan was being finished and when Keegan Paul actually
brought it out.  It almost tripled in price between the $80 the Authors
expected it to sell for, to the $225 it actually came out at!  Think I'll
pre-order with Amazon.uk!

Regina Romsey
>
> For those that are into Elizabethan England--
>
> There will be feast accounts included along with
> entertainments, etc.
>
> Johnnae
>
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>   http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/research/nichols/progresses/
> The John Nichols project, under the direction of Dr Elizabeth Clarke
>   and a Steering Committee
> comprising experts on Elizabethan England, is a significant research
> initiative which will culminate with the publication of a new critical
> edition on John Nichols' collection of Elizabethan progress and
> entertainment texts: /The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen
> Elizabeth I/ (London, 1788-1823).
>
>