Description: This book is a cultural study of St Paul's Cathedral, its immediate surroundings, and the people who inhabited it prior to the 1666 fire of London.
Review Quotes: "An innovative perspective ... this volume will appeal to both the general reader and the more specialized scholar." -- Hannah Yip, Reformation
"Hentschell has provided an important, detailed, well documented, and even memorable study with an excellently full bibliography." -- P.G. Stanwood, Seventeenth-Century News"Hentschell's use of literary sources...is very strong and carefully done. It brings vividly to life the sights, sounds and smells of the cathedral and surrounding area." -- Alexander Lock, Journal of Religious History, Literature and Culture"St Paul's Cathedral Precinct in Early Modern Literature and Culture is a valuable study for scholars of early modern literature and drama, cultural historians, and cultural geographers." -- Isabel Dollar, University of St Andrews