The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 4, 1557-1695 Paperback / softback
Edited by John (University of Leeds) Barnard, D. F. (University of Oxford) McKenzie
Part of the The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain series
Paperback / softback
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Volume 4 of The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain covers the years between the incorporation of the Stationers' Company in 1557 and the lapsing of the Licensing Act in 1695.
In a period marked by deep religious divisions, civil war and the uneasy settlement of the Restoration, printed texts - important as they were for disseminating religious and political ideas, both heterodox and state approved - interacted with oral and manuscript cultures.
These years saw a growth in reading publics, from the developing mass market in almanacs, ABCs, chapbooks, ballads and news, to works of instruction and leisure.
Atlases, maps and travel literature overlapped with the popular market but were also part of the project of empire.
Alongside the creation of a literary canon and the establishment of literary publishing there was a tradition of dissenting publishing, while women's writing and reading became increasingly visible.
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- Pages:947 pages, 32 Plates, black and white; 12 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/03/2014
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- ISBN:9781107657854
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:947 pages, 32 Plates, black and white; 12 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/03/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781107657854
