A Concise Companion to the Study of Manuscripts, Printed Books, and the Production of Early Modern Texts

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Through a series of case studies written by a global team of international scholars, this Concise Companion demonstrates how manuscripts and printed books met the needs of two different approaches to literacy - an important cultural marker of the early modern period. Whereas manuscript culture centred on a group of literate readers and writers communicating with one another according to established practices, print culture served a wider audience and greatly increased literacy amongst the general population. Together, the written records in these two different forms combined to create the literary achievements of the Renaissance. The Companion is divided into three sections, covering archival and manuscript studies; the provenance of texts and the authority of editions; and studies of genre, religion, and literary history. The range of essays throughout is exceptionally broad - from the printing of the gospels in Arabic, to a contemporary reconceptualization of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, and a group dedicated to the life and writings of Milton. The result is a text that provides an invaluable platform for highlighting on-going attention to the history of the book and its corollary subjects of reading and writing practices in the 1500s and 1600s.
Bringing together a broad range of case studies written by a team of international scholars, this Concise Companion establishes how manuscripts and printed books met the needs of two different approaches to literacy in the early modern period. * Features essays illustrating the particular ways a manuscript and a printed book reflect the different emphases of an elite, private and an egalitarian, public culture, both of which account for the literary achievements of the Renaissance * Includes wide-ranging essays, from printing the Gospels in Arabic to a contemporary reconceptualization of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus * Increases accessibility through a rubric organized around archival and manuscript studies; the provenance of texts and the authority of editions; and studies of genre, religion and literary history * Announces the recovery of archival documents, which in some instances are over four hundred years old * Places translations of Milton's Latin, Greek, and Italian alongside the original texts to increase accessibility for a wide audience of students and scholars * Provides an invaluable platform for highlighting on-going attention to the history of the book and its corollary subjects of reading and writing practices in the 1500s and 1600s

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Edward Jones

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"A valuable set of essays by major scholars analyzing reading, writing, and transmission practices as they pertain to Early Modern English manuscripts and printed books. The essays illustrate general principles by close examination of a particular text, including several by Milton and Shakespeare." Barbara Lewalski, Harvard University
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