Renaissance Drama and the Politics of Publication: Readings in the English Book Trade

ISBN-13: 9780521842525 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 258 str.

Zachary Lesser

Opis

A study of the practices and politics of early modern publishers of plays.

Recenzje

'Lesser's claim is compelling, and he usefully isolates and understudied but undoubtedly important aspect of the drama …' Literature and History

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction: from text to book; 1. Speculation in the book trade; 2. The cultural uses of typography in early modern England: Walter Burre's The Knight of the Burning Pestle; 3. Marlowe's Jew goes to church: Nicholas Vavasour and the creation of Laudian drama; 4. Insatiate, roaring devils and outlandish cups: Thomas Archer's dialogic publishing in the querelle des femmes; 5. 'Courtier's merchandise': Thomas Walkley and the paradoxes of domestic policy; Epilogue: readings then and now; Index.