Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Tonson, Jacob | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Geduld, Harry M. Prince of Publishers: A Study of the Work and Career of Jacob Tonson. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1969, 245 p.

Detailed study of Tonson's life and career; includes chapters on his personal life, his career during and after the Restoration, his relationship with John Dryden, his publication of Shakespeare's and Milton's works, and his involvement with the Kit-Cat Club.

Lynch, Kathleen M. Jacob Tonson, Kit-Cat Publisher. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1971, 241 p.

Biographical review of Tonson's many-faceted career.

Papali, G. F. Jacob Tonson, Publisher, His Life and Work (1656-1736). New Zealand: Tonson Publishing House, 1968, 231 p.

Biographical-critical study of Tonson; includes a comprehensive listing of the works he published.

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