Literary Folios and Ideas of the Book in Early Modern England

Zusatztext "Francis Connor'sdetailed and well-researched monograph therefore charts the publication ofliterary folios from the private! elite coteries to the public! commercial sphere;through this progression! ideas of the book evolved and were negotiated inearly modern England-indeed! the chapter divisions reflect this. ? Connor'smonograph adds to the significant corpus of book-history research ? ." (JocelynHargrave! Renaissance Quarterly! Vol. 68 (4)! 2015) Informationen zum Autor Francis X. Connor is an Assistant Professor of English at Wichita State University, USA. Klappentext This monograph makes clear how the format of the literary folio played a fundamental role in book history by encapsulating the unstable negotiation between commerce, cultural prestige, and the fundamental nature of the printed book. Zusammenfassung This monograph makes clear how the format of the literary folio played a fundamental role in book history by encapsulating the unstable negotiation between commerce! cultural prestige! and the fundamental nature of the printed book. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Samuel Daniel's Works and the History of the Book 2. Ben Jonson's Workes 3. John Taylor and the Commercial Folio

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1. Samuel Daniel's Works and the History of the Book 2. Ben Jonson's Workes 3. John Taylor and the Commercial Folio

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"Francis Connor's detailed and well-researched monograph therefore charts the publication of literary folios from the private, elite coteries to the public, commercial sphere; through this progression, ideas of the book evolved and were negotiated in early modern England-indeed, the chapter divisions reflect this. ... Connor's monograph adds to the significant corpus of book-history research ... ." (Jocelyn Hargrave, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 68 (4), 2015)

Product details

• Authors: F Connor, F Connor Connor, F. Connor, F. Connor Connor, Francis X. Connor
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2014
• EAN: 9781137438348
• ISBN: 978-1-137-43834-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: History of Text Technologies; History of Text Technologies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; B, Cultural History, History, European History, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, European Literature, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, England;history;history of literature