Printing, Writers and Readers in Renaissance Italy

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Cambridge University Press, 5 de ago. de 1999 - 220 páginas
The spread of printing to Renaissance Italy had a dramatic impact on all users of books. As works came to be diffused more widely and cheaply, so authors had to adapt their writing and their methods of publishing to the demands and opportunities of the new medium, and reading became a more frequent and user-friendly activity. Printing, Writers and Readers in Renaissance Italy focuses on this interaction between the book industry and written culture. After describing the new technology and the contexts of publishing and bookselling, it examines the continuities and changes faced by writers in the shift from manuscript to print, the extent to which they benefited from print in their careers, and the greater accessibility of books to a broader spectrum of readers, including women and the less well educated. This is the first integrated study of a topic of central importance in Italian and European culture.
 

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The arrival of printing and its techniques
3
Publishing bookselling and the control of books
25
Publication in print patronage contracts and privileges
49
From pen to print writers and their use of the press
77
Reading buying and owning printed books
107
Printing for the reading public form and content
122
Notes
158
Bibliography
186
Index
211
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