Literary Folios and Ideas of the Book in Early Modern England

by F. Connor

Overview

This monograph makes clear how the format of the literary folio played a fundamental role in book history by encapsulating the unstable negotiation between commerce, cultural prestige, and the fundamental nature of the printed book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137438348
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	08/20/2014
Series:	History of Text Technologies
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Francis X. Connor is an Assistant Professor of English at Wichita State University, USA.

Table of Contents

1. Samuel Daniel's Works and the History of the Book 2. Ben Jonson's Workes 3. John Taylor and the Commercial Folio

Editorial Reviews

Francis Connor’s detailed and well-researched monograph therefore charts the publication of literary folios from the private, elite coteries to the public, commercial sphere; through this progression, ideas of the book evolved and were negotiated in early modern England—indeed, the chapter divisions reflect this. … Connor’s monograph adds to the significant corpus of book-history research … .” (Jocelyn Hargrave, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 68 (4), 2015)

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