Social authorship and the advent of print / Margaret J.M. Ezell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ezell, Margaret J. M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

Authorship--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Authorship.

Authorship--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Literature and society.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--18th century.

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

Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.

Great Britain.

Literature publishing--Great Britain--History.

Literature publishing.

Printing--Great Britain--History.

Printing.

Authorship--Social aspects.

English literature--Early modern.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 182 pages)

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

"In this study of the development of literary industry and authorship in early modern Britain, Margaret Ezell examines the forces at work at a time when print technology was in competition with older manuscript authorship practices and the legal status of authors was being transformed. She also explores the literary concepts that subsequently developed out of new commercial practices, such as the rise of the "classic" text and the marketing of uniform series editions."--Jacket.

"Ezell's interdisciplinary approach draws together the history of the book and cultural history. The result allows the reader a glimpse of literary life as practiced by "social" authors in the context of the development of commercial publishing and the formalization of copyright laws defining texts and authors."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: The Changing Culture of Authorship and the History of the Book

1. The Social Author: Manuscript Culture, Writers, and Readers

2. Literary Pirates and Reluctant Authors: Some Peculiar Institutions of Authorship

3. The Very Early Career of Alexander Pope

4. Getting into Print: London and the Social Author

5. Getting into Print: Literary Life outside London

6. Making a Classic: The Advent of the Literary Series and the National Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version: Ezell, Margaret J.M. Social authorship and the advent of print.

OCLC:

1473000091

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