Print Culture in Renaissance Italy - The Editor and the Vernacular Text, 14701600

Klappentext The emergence of print in late fifteenth-century Italy gave a crucial new importance to the editors of texts! who could strongly influence the interpretation and status of texts by determining the form and context in which they would be read. Brian Richardson examines the Renaissance production! circulation and reception of texts by earlier writers including Dante! Petrarch! Boccaccio and Ariosto! as well as popular contemporary works of entertainment. In so doing he sheds light on the impact of the new printing and editing methods on Renaissance culture. Zusammenfassung The emergence of print gave new importance to editors! who determined the form and context in which texts would be read. Brian Richardson examines the Renaissance production and reception of works by Dante! Petrarch! Boccaccio and others! and explores the impact of new printing and editing methods on Renaissance culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Printers, authors and the rise of the editor; 2. Editors and their methods; 3. Humanists, friars and others: editing in Venice and Florence, 1470-1500; 4. Bembo and his influence, 1501-1530; 5. Venetian editors and 'the grammatical norm', 1501-1530; 6. Standardisation and scholarship: editing in Florence, 1501-1530; 7. Towards a wider readership: editing in Venice, 1531-1545; 8. The editor triumphant: editing in Venice, 1546-1560; 9. In search of a cultural identity: editing in Florence, 1531-1560; 10. Piety and elegance: editing in Venice, 1561-1600; 11. 'A true and living image': editing in Florence, 1561-1600; Conclusion.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Richardson Brian, Brian Richardson, Brian (University of Leeds) Richardson, Richardson Brian
• Collaboration: Terry Belanger (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 16.06.1994
• EAN: 9780521420327
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42032-7
• Pages: 284
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Publishin; Cambridge Studies in Publishing and Printing History
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Journalisme; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Printing and reprographic technologies, Printing & Reprographic Technology