Women and the Circulation of Texts in Renaissance Italy

The first comprehensive guide to women's promotion and use of textual culture, in manuscript and print, in Renaissance Italy.

Table des matières

1. Publishing texts; 2. Making and selling books; 3. Women as scribes; 4. Access to texts.

A propos de l'auteur

Brian Richardson is Emeritus Professor of Italian Language at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Manuscript Culture in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 2009), Printers, Writers and Readers in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 1999) and Print Culture in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 1994).

Résumé

Aimed at researchers and students interested in book history, women's studies and the Renaissance, this is an integrated study of Italian women's publication of works by themselves and others, their engagement with copying, printing and selling books, and their means of access to texts in writing or through listening.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Brian Richardson, Brian (University of Leeds) Richardson, Richardson Brian
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781108477697
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47769-7
• Pages: 294
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: general, Gender studies: women, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Gender studies: women and girls, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade