How the World Became a Book in Shakespeare''s England

"Just as computers have spawned new descriptive language today, then-new book technologies helped build previously unheard-of metaphorical worlds in early modern England. Drawing on thousands of examples, Jonathan P. Lamb shows how writers from Shakespeare to Cavendish used the language of books to shape their reality"-- Provided by publisher.

List of contents

List of figures; Acknowledgements; A note on texts and citations; Preface; 1. An introduction is like a book; 2. The lexicon of print; 3. The metaphors we read with; 4. Book size and information management; 5. The bookish sensorium; 6. The World is a book; 7. When print was white; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Jonathan P. Lamb is Professor of English at the University of Kansas and an award-winning scholar and teacher of Shakespeare, Renaissance literature, and book history. He is the author of many books and articles, including Shakespeare in the Marketplace of Words (2017), and is a leading expert in the use of digital scholarly methods to study literature and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan P. Lamb, Jonathan P. (University of Kansas) Lamb
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.09.2025
• EAN: 9781009460415
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946041-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; European History, Classical texts, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, European history: Renaissance, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean