Print Culture in Renaissance Italy: The Editor and the Vernacular Text, 1470 1600

ISBN-13: 9780521420327 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 284 str.

Brian Richardson; Terry Belanger; David McKitterick

Opis

The emergence of print in late fifteenth-century Italy gave a crucial new importance to the editors of texts, who could strongly influence the interpretation and status of texts by determining the form and context in which they would be read. Brian Richardson examines the Renaissance production, circulation and reception of texts by earlier writers including Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio and Ariosto, as well as popular contemporary works of entertainment. In so doing he sheds light on the impact of the new printing and editing methods on Renaissance culture.

Recenzje

"This exceedingly rich book documents the growing importance of the editor or correctore of vernacular texts in (late) fifteenth and sixteenth-century Venice and Florence....This book is essential reading for Renaissance Scholars....it documents an exciting time in the history of western culture and provides an excellent reminder that all printed texts are the product of delicate negotiations between the integrity of the text and the needs of the reader." John Mulryan, Cithara

Spis treści

1. Printers, authors and the rise of the editor; 2. Editors and their methods; 3. Humanists, friars and others: editing in Venice and Florence, 1470–1500; 4. Bembo and his influence, 1501–1530; 5. Venetian editors and 'the grammatical norm', 1501–1530; 6. Standardisation and scholarship: editing in Florence, 1501–1530; 7. Towards a wider readership: editing in Venice, 1531–1545; 8. The editor triumphant: editing in Venice, 1546–1560; 9. In search of a cultural identity: editing in Florence, 1531–1560; 10. Piety and elegance: editing in Venice, 1561–1600; 11. 'A true and living image': editing in Florence, 1561–1600; Conclusion.