The Oxford history of popular print culture v. 1 Cheap print in Britain and Ireland to 1660

From the early sixteenth century through to the later seventeenth, governments, institutions, and individuals learned to use cheaply-produced printed textsto inform, entertain, and persuade. This authoritative collection of essays examines the developing role of popular printed texts in the first two centuries of print in Britain and Ireland. INDICE: Preface; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Notes on Conventions; Notes on Contributors; Chronology; 1: Joad Raymond: Introduction: the origins of popular print culture; Part one: Historical Contexts; 2: Mike Braddick:England and Wales; 3: Hamish Mathison: Scotland; 4: Jane Ohlmeyer: Ireland; 5: Tim Harris: Popular, Plebeian, Culture: Historical Definitions; 6: Joad Raymond: The Development of the Book Trade in Britain; 7: Anna Bayman: Printing, Learning and the Unlearned; 8: Heidi Hackel: Popular Literacy and Society; 9: Stephen Dobranski: Reading Strategies; 10: Julie Crawford: Oral Culture and Popular Print; 11: Andrew McRae: Manuscript Culture and Popular Print; 12: Alastair Bellany: Libel; 13: William H. Sherman: The Social Life of Books; Part two:Some International Comparisons; 14: Roger Chartier: France and Spain; 15: Ottavia Niccoli: Italy; 16: Margit Thøfner: The Netherlands; 17: Alisha Rankin: Germany; Part three: Themes; 18: Peter Lake: Religion and Cheap Print; 19: David Colclough: Rhetoric; 20: Markku Peltonen: Political Argument; 21: Helen Pierce: Images, Representation, and Counter-Representation; 22: Sara Mendelson: Women and Print; 23: Mark Jenner: London; 24: Thomas Cogswell: Parliament and the Press; 25: Nicole Greenspan: War; Part four: Forms and Genres; 26: Angela McShane: Ballads and Broadsides; 27: Lori Newcomb: Romance; 28: Joad Raymond: News; 29: Simon Schaffer: Science; 30: Mary Fissell: Popular Medical Writing; 31: Lauren Kassell: Almanacs and Prognostications; 32: Peter Burke: Popular History; 33: Jason Peacey: Pamphlets; 34: Lori Newcomb: Chapbooks; 35: Mary Morrissey: Sermons, Primers, and Prayer Books; 36: Natasha Glaisyer: Popular Didactic Literature; 37: Zachary Lesser: Playbooks; Part five: Case Studies; 38: Tracey Sowerby: 1535; 39: Cathy Shrank: 1553; 40: Jesse Lander: 1588-9; 41: Matthew Woodcock: 1603; 42: Thomas Cogswell: 1625; 43: Jason McElligott: 1641; 44: Martin Dzelzainis: 1649; 45: Gerald MacLean: 1660; Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-19-928704-8
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 688
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés