02431cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000360011324500710014924600660022026400510028630000470033733600260038433700260041033800360043650000310047250800770050352013380058053400450191865300310196365300510199485600430204599900170208813751UtSlPG20260610133327.0mcr n260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aDA1 aSmith, David Nichol,d1875-196210aCharacters from the Histories & Memoirs of the Seventeenth Century1 aCharacters from the Histories and Memoirs of the 17th Century 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2004  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2004-10-14  aProduced by William Flis and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"Characters from the Histories & Memoirs of the Seventeenth Century" by David Nichol Smith is a historical collection written in the early 20th century. The work presents short character studies of notable figures from the 17th century, detailing their personal qualities and historical significance as observed by their contemporaries. This compilation includes perspectives on rulers, politicians, poets, and other influential individuals of the time, shedding light on the narratives that shaped English history during this tumultuous period.  The opening of the text establishes the context for the character studies, reflecting on the development of literary portraiture in the 17th century as a means to enhance historical writing. Smith emphasizes that the art of character writing emerged as a response to England's deficiency in historical narratives, gathering a variety of observations from key historical figures like John Milton, Clarendon, and Ben Jonson. The introduction discusses the evolution of character studies, their function in depicting personal traits, and the significant shift in historical recording practices from chronicles to more nuanced representations of human experiences and qualities, setting the stage for the subsequent detailed character sketches. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aGreat Britain -- Biography  aGreat Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-171440uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13751  c55139d55139