The Oxford Francis Bacon Ser.: Oxford Francis Bacon I : Early Writings...

The Oxford Francis Bacon IEarly Writings 1584-1596\nAuthor(s): Alan Stewart, Harriet Knight\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780198183136, 978-0198183136\nSynopsis\nThis volume belongs to the new critical edition of the complete works of Francis Bacon [tel]. The edition presents the works in broadly chronological order and in accordance with the principles of modern textual scholarship. This volume contains Bacon's earliest known writings, dating from 1584 to 1596, comprising position papers, commentaries on printed works, legal readings and opinions, and discourses of advice, usually written in response to specific events or demands, and circulated in manuscript. Bacon's writings to 1596 generally reflect his professional occupations: legal, political, and parliamentary. They include substantial writings on the Martin Marprelate controversy of [tel], Roman Catholic attacks on Elizabeth's government [tes