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Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period. In spite of its significance, all previous editions were inadequately edited and suffered from a number of omissions—until Robert Latham and William Matthews went back to the 300-year-old original manuscript and deciphered each passage and phrase, no matter how obscure or indiscreet.
The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic historical novels. In none of the earlier versions was there a reliable, full text, with commentary and notation with any claim to completeness. This edition, first published in 1970, is the first in which the entire diary is printed with systematic comment. This is the only complete edition available; it is as close to Pepys’s original as possible.
The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic historical novels. In none of the earlier versions was there a reliable, full text, with commentary and notation with any claim to completeness. This edition, first published in 1970, is the first in which the entire diary is printed with systematic comment. This is the only complete edition available; it is as close to Pepys’s original as possible.
Price: $33.95
Pages: 502
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
30 July 2000
Trim Size: 8.75 X 5.62 in
ISBN: 9780520225794
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Robert Latham was Pepys Librarian at Magdalene College, Cambridge. In addition to editing the eleven volumes of The Diary of Samuel Pepys, he was the editor of the acclaimed Shorter Pepys (1985) and A Pepys Anthology (1988), both published by University of California Press. William Matthews was Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
I THE DIARIST
II THE DIARY: (a) The Manuscript, (b) The Short-
hand, (c) The Text
III PREVIOUS EDITIONS: THE HISTORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT AND ITS PUBLICATION,
1660-1899
IV THE DIARY AS LITERATURE
V THE DIARY AS HISTORY
EDITORIAL ABBREVIATIONS
METHODS OF THE COMMENTARY
READER'S GUIDE
THE DIARY
SELECT LIST OF PERSONS
SELECT GLOSSARY
LIST OF MAPS
WESTMINSTER: Axe Yard and King Street
WESTMINSTER: The Abbey and the Houses of Parliament
THE City: The Navy Office and Tower Hill
LONDON IN THE SIXTEEN—SIXTIES, West and East
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
I THE DIARIST
II THE DIARY: (a) The Manuscript, (b) The Short-
hand, (c) The Text
III PREVIOUS EDITIONS: THE HISTORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT AND ITS PUBLICATION,
1660-1899
IV THE DIARY AS LITERATURE
V THE DIARY AS HISTORY
EDITORIAL ABBREVIATIONS
METHODS OF THE COMMENTARY
READER'S GUIDE
THE DIARY
SELECT LIST OF PERSONS
SELECT GLOSSARY
LIST OF MAPS
WESTMINSTER: Axe Yard and King Street
WESTMINSTER: The Abbey and the Houses of Parliament
THE City: The Navy Office and Tower Hill
LONDON IN THE SIXTEEN—SIXTIES, West and East