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

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

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

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

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Full title

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

Author / Creator

Publisher

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.

Date

1999.

Call Numbers

N820.9004/10

Record Identifier

74Vv5r4K4OgM

MMS ID

991017741019702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

x, 182 p. ; 24 cm.

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...

Publication information

Publisher

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.

Place of Publication

Maryland

Date Published

1999.

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Scope and Contents

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 devel...

Alternative Titles

Full title

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

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-171) and index.

State Reference Library copy has ISBN 0801877377 on p. 4 of cover.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N820.9004/10

Record Identifier

74Vv5r4K4OgM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5r4K4OgM

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0801877377

080186139X (alk. paper)

080186139X :

9780801877377

DDC

820.9004

MMS ID

991017741019702626

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