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Material Readings of Early Modern Culture: Texts and Social Practices, 1580-1730 (Early Modern Literature in History)
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Description for Material Readings of Early Modern Culture: Texts and Social Practices, 1580-1730 (Early Modern Literature in History)
Hardcover. This book explores the significance of the physicality of manuscripts and printed early modern texts. Focusing on the material aspects and social practices of texts as a new way of reading meaning, it reassesses the developing relationships between cultures of manuscript and print from the late sixteenth to early eighteenth century. Editor(s): Daybell, Professor James; Hinds, Peter. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
This book explores the significance of the physicality of manuscripts and printed early modern texts. Focusing on the material aspects and social practices of texts as a new way of reading meaning, it reassesses the developing relationships between cultures of manuscript and print from the late sixteenth to early eighteenth century.
This book explores the significance of the physicality of manuscripts and printed early modern texts. Focusing on the material aspects and social practices of texts as a new way of reading meaning, it reassesses the developing relationships between cultures of manuscript and print from the late sixteenth to early eighteenth century.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Literature in History
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230223523
SKU
V9780230223523
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99-15
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CEDRIC C. BROWN Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Reading, UK VICTORIA E. BURKE Associate Professor of English at the University of Ottawa, Canada CHRISTOPHER BURLINSON College Lecturer in English at Jesus College, Cambridge, UK JONATHAN GIBSON English Subject Centre, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK ANDREW GORDON Co-Director of the Centre for Early Modern Studies and Programme ... Read more
Reviews for Material Readings of Early Modern Culture: Texts and Social Practices, 1580-1730 (Early Modern Literature in History)
"This volume of essays is essential reading for anyone interested in the materiality of texts in their inception, production, transmission, and reception, offering timely interventions into a developing conversation about early modern material culture. A key strength of the book is its combined theoretical and practical thrust: case studies are contextualized and theorized, genuine questions and avenues for future study ... Read more