{"product_id":"the-oxford-francis-bacon-xix-new-atlantis-9780192867230","title":"The Oxford Francis Bacon XIX: New Atlantis","description":"This volume belongs to the new critical edition of the complete works of Francis Bacon (1561-1626). The edition presents the works in broadly chronological order and in accordance with the principles of modern textual scholarship. This volume comprises the first critical edition since the nineteenth century of \u003cem\u003eNew Atlantis\u003c\/em\u003e, Bacon's posthumously published semi-utopian fable of reformed knowledge. \u003cem\u003eNew Atlantis\u003c\/em\u003e is set on an imaginary island whose central institution--Salomon's House--is a fictional embodiment of the kind of research institute Bacon dreamed of founding in order to pursue his vast project, the \u003cem\u003eInstauratio magna\u003c\/em\u003e, and one which generates works that both expand knowledge and benefit humankind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition establishes an authoritative text based on fresh collation of multiple copies of the 1626 edition in close comparison with the 1628 edition. Thorough bibliographical analysis of the 1626 copy-text elucidates the book's passage through the printing house. David Colclough's detailed Introduction sets \u003cem\u003eNew Atlantis\u003c\/em\u003e in the contexts of Bacon's works and of contemporary models of information-gathering and -management, including Iberian examples in the Old and New Worlds. An extensive commentary examines Bacon's sources, traces analogues across his works (especially with \u003cem\u003eSylva sylvarum\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside which \u003cem\u003eNew Atlantis\u003c\/em\u003e was originally printed), provides context and background, glosses obsolete or unusual terms, and considers critical interpretations of the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Colclough \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Colclough is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London. In addition to Francis Bacon, his current research focuses on John Donne, whose \u003cem\u003eSermons at the Court of Charles I\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2013) he edited as volume 3 of The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne; he is now preparing volume 14 (\u003cem\u003eSermons Preached at St Paul's Cathedral, 1628-1630\u003c\/em\u003e). He is the author of the \u003cem\u003eODNB\u003c\/em\u003e life of Donne, and the editor of \u003cem\u003eJohn Donne's Professional Lives\u003c\/em\u003e (2003). His monograph \u003cem\u003eFreedom of Speech in Early Stuart England\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2005.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359272698130,"sku":"9780192867230","price":193.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a1414b92-45fc-4d29-babb-9b7a7230b81f.jpg?v=1749586902","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-oxford-francis-bacon-xix-new-atlantis-9780192867230","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}