The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England by Adam Smyth

The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England by Adam Smyth

The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England provides a rich, imaginative and also accessible guide to the latest research in one of the most exciting areas of early modern studies. Written by scholars working at the cutting-edge of the subject, from the UK and North America, the volume considers the production, reception, circulation, consumption, destruction, loss, modification, recycling, and conservation of books from different disciplinary perspectives. Each chapter discusses in a lively manner the nature and role of the book in early modern England, as well as offering critical insights on how we talk about the history of the book. On finishing the Handbook, the reader will not only know much more about the early modern book, but will also have a strong sense of how and why the book as an object has been studied, and the scope for the development of the field.

Adam Smyth is Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book at Balliol College, Oxford. He works on the connections between literature and material texts, particularly in the 16th and 17th centuries. He is the author of four books, including Material Texts in Early Modern England (2019), and the editor and co-editor of four collections of essays (including Book Parts (2019) with Dennis Duncan). He writes regularly for the London Review of Books.

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ISBN 13	9780198846239
ISBN 10	0198846231
Title	The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England
Author	Adam Smyth
Series	Oxford Handbooks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2023-10-26
Number of pages	762
Prizes	Winner of Winner, 2024 Bainton Prize for Best Reference Work by the Sixteenth Century Society.
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