F1. Introduction

Dee's Daybooks And Journals

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F1. Introduction - Subsections. The introduction frames Dee at the height of his reputation in 1577 and explains how later spirit diaries damaged his posthumous image.

Summary

The introduction frames Dee at the height of his reputation in 1577 and explains how later spirit diaries damaged his posthumous image. It surveys the survival and publication of the diaries: Casaubon, Cotton, Ashmole, Halliwell, and the problems of abridgement, modernization, Latin, Greek, and missing manuscripts. For primary reading, this section gives the documentary history.