Marjorie Swann.

Marjorie Swann. Curiosities and Texts: The cultivation of Collecting in Early new England. (Material Texts.) Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Pres 2001 Pp 280 $4995 ISBN 0-8122-3610-6

In Curiosities and subjects Marjorie Swann makes subtle and at times quite revealing connections between different areas of English early modem agriculture that have already commanded serious attention within the field. Her volume focuses on collections both literal and literary. according to pairing these two realms-that of the collector of curiosities and that of the writer who "collects"

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