Scribal Publication in Seventeenth-Century England

by Love, Harold

• ISBN13: 9780198112198
• ISBN10: 019811219X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-07-22
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

Long after the establishment of printing, many important writers and composers still preferred to publish their work in handwritten copies. Works transmitted this way included some of the most distinguished poetry and music of the seventeenth century, as well as a rich variety of political, scientific, antiquarian, and philosophical writings. This new study is the first to examine scribal publication and its relevance for book trade history, the sociology of authorship, and the communication of ideas.

Author Biography

Harold Love is Reader in English, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
List of abbreviations
Scribal Publication
The phenomenon	p. 3
'Publication' in the scribal medium	p. 35
Scribal production	p. 90
Script and Society
Some metaphors for reading	p. 141
The social uses of the scribally published text	p. 177
Restoration scriptorial satire	p. 231
The ambiguous triumph of print	p. 284
Editing Scribally Published Texts
Editing scribally published texts	p. 313
Bibliography	p. 357
Index	p. 367
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