Books and Readers in Early Modern England : Material Studies

Jennifer Andersen

ISBN 10: 0812217942 / ISBN 13: 9780812217940

Edité par University Of Pennsylvania Press Nov 2001, 2001

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Neuware - Books and Readers in Early Modern EnglandMaterial StudiesEdited by Jennifer Andersen and Elizabeth Sauer. Afterword by Stephen Orgel'A fascinating collection.'--History'Showcasing an innovative, interdisciplinary group of essays, Books and Readers in Early Modern England will interest scholars of bibliography, collections studies, literature, and history. This book should also prove useful in the classroom. . . . It is only fitting that a book so productively devoted to the history of textual consumption should itself appeal to a wide audience.'--Albion.Books and Readers in Early Modern England examines readers, reading, and publication practices from the Renaissance to the Restoration. The essays draw on an array of documentary evidence--from library catalogs, prefaces, title pages and dedications, marginalia, commonplace books, and letters to ink, paper, and bindings--to explore individual reading habits and experiences in a period of religious dissent, political instability, and cultural transformation. Chapters in the volume cover oral, scribal, and print cultures, examining the emergence of the 'public spheres' of reading practices. Contributors, who include Christopher Grose, Ann Hughes, David Scott Kastan, Kathleen Lynch, William Sherman, and Peter Stallybrass, investigate interactions among publishers, texts, authors, and audience. They discuss the continuity of the written word and habits of mind in the world of print, the formation and differentiation of readerships, and the increasing influence of public opinion. The work demonstrates that early modern publications appeared in a wide variety of forms--from periodical literature to polemical pamphlets--and reflected the radical transformations occurring at the time in the dissemination of knowledge through the written word. These forms were far more ephemeral, and far more widely available, than modern stereotypes of writing from this period suggest.Jennifer Andersen teaches English at California State University, San Bernardino. Elizabeth Sauer is Professor of English at Brock University, Canada.Material Texts2001 | 312 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 25 illus.ISBN 978-0-8122-1794-0 | Paper | $29.95s | £19.50 World Rights | Literature, History, Library Science and Publishing.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Books and Readers in Early Modern England : Material Studies
• Éditeur: University Of Pennsylvania Press Nov 2001
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0812217942
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780812217940
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 233 L x 155 H x 22 P (en millimètres) 233 millimètres de largeur par 155 millimètres de hauteur par 22 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 490 grammes

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Books and Readers in Early Modern England examines readers, reading, and publication practices from the Renaissance to the Restoration. The essays draw on an array of documentary evidence--from library catalogs, prefaces, title pages and dedications, marginalia, commonplace books, and letters to ink, paper, and bindings--to explore individual reading habits and experiences in a period of religious dissent, political instability, and cultural transformation.

Chapters in the volume cover oral, scribal, and print cultures, examining the emergence of the "public spheres" of reading practices. Contributors, who include Christopher Grose, Ann Hughes, David Scott Kastan, Kathleen Lynch, William Sherman, and Peter Stallybrass, investigate interactions among publishers, texts, authors, and audience. They discuss the continuity of the written word and habits of mind in the world of print, the formation and differentiation of readerships, and the increasing influence of public opinion. The work demonstrates that early modern publications appeared in a wide variety of forms--from periodical literature to polemical pamphlets--and reflected the radical transformations occurring at the time in the dissemination of knowledge through the written word. These forms were far more ephemeral, and far more widely available, than modern stereotypes of writing from this period suggest.

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Jennifer Andersen teaches English at California State University, San Bernardino. Elizabeth Sauer is Professor of English at Brock University, Canada.