The commodification of textual engagements in the English Renaissance

Description:

"In this study Michael Saenger illustrates his general account of the formal properties of front matter - titles and subtitles, prefatory epistles, and commendatory verses - with readings of specific examples, including Feltham's Resolves, A Myrrovre for Magistrates, and Sidney's Arcadia. He explores the several ways in which paratextual authors sought to involve the reader in various active roles vis-a-vis the main text, whether those books were prose fiction or translated continental sermons. Some particular attention is devoted to printed drama, both because dramatic texts present printers with a unique set of challenges and because those texts have often been misread in recent criticism."--Jacket.

subjects: Advertising,  Authorship,  Book industries and trade,  Books,  Books and reading,  Early printed books,  History,  Prefaces,  Title pages,  Book industries and trade, history,  Books and reading, history,  Advertising, books,  Advertising, history,  Livres,  Industrie,  Histoire,  Livres et lecture,  Livres anciens,  Publicité,  Préfaces,  Pages de titre,  Art d'écrire,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Places: England

Times: 16th century,  17th century