ENGL 6330: Early Modern British Literature: Digital Edition: Overview

Offers a guide to the process of how books were printed in the first centuries of the press and shows how the mechanics of making books shapes how we read and understand them.

Chapter 2: Publishing, authorship, and reading

The fourteen essays in this volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from language learning to the development of science, from the effect of humanism on biblical study to its influence on art, from its Italian origins to its manifestations in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare.

Provides a wide-ranging account of the history of the book and its ways of thinking about works from ancient inscription to contemporary e-books, discussing thematic, chronological and methodological aspects of this interdisciplinary field.

Discusses women's participation in print culture, featuring essays on topics such as women and popular culture, women as professional writers, women as readers and writers, and place and publication.