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Women and the circulation of texts in Renaissance Italy / Brian Richardson, University of Leeds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Brian (Brian F.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in the book industries and trade--Italy--History.
- Women in the book industries and trade.
- Women--Books and reading--Italy--History.
- Women.
- Women--Books and reading.
- History.
- Transmission of texts--Social aspects.
- Transmission of texts.
- Italy.
- Transmission of texts--Social aspects--Italy--History.
- Women--Italy--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- Women--Renaissance.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 277 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "One of the most fertile developments in book history in recent years has been the study of the connections between books and the social contexts in which they originated and were used. This social turn is linked closely with the inaugural Panizzi lectures given in the British Library by Don McKenzie in 1985. In this landmark series, entitled 'Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts', McKenzie challenged a traditional view that bibliography is concerned only with signs written or printed on paper or vellum, and not with their meaning. Rather, he proposed, bibliography should comprehend 'not only the technical but the social processes' of the transmission of texts, 'the human motives and interactions which texts involve at every stage of their production, transmission, and consumption'. In short, it should take account of 'the role of human agents'"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Publishing Texts
- Self-Publication
- Self-Publication in Manuscript
- Self-Publication in Print
- The Publication of Texts by Others
- Writings by Men
- Dedications to Women
- 2. Making and Selling Books
- Women as Scribes
- Learning to Copy Texts
- Laywomen as Scribes
- Nuns as Scribes
- Printing, Publishing and Bookselling
- Laywomen and Print
- Nuns and Print
- 3. Access to Texts
- Gifts and Lending
- Commissioning Manuscripts
- Purchasing Books
- Listening
- The Case of Isabella d'Este.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Richardson, Brian (Brian F.). Women and the circulation of texts in Renaissance Italy.
- ISBN:
- 9781108477697
- 1108477690
- OCLC:
- 1119639106
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