Paper and the making of early modern literature / Georgina Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Georgina, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Papermaking--England--History--17th century.

Papermaking.

Papermaking--England--History--18th century.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--17th century--History and criticism.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Paper and the Making of Early Modern Literature explores the crucial role of paper in the early history of books and of English literature. Taking up four paradigms of literary scholarship--authorship, composition, form, and reuse--Georgina Wilson shows how the material affordances of paper shaped the work of readers, writers, and critics of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries"-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Making English literature : the discipline and the books

Authorship

Composition

Form

Reuse

Coda. Paper and the future of English literature

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1512827444

9781512827446

OCLC:

1465256419

Publisher Number:

90102391933