Early printed narrative literature in Western Europe Frontmatter Acknowledgements Contents List of Abbreviations Introduction Besamusca Bart Bruijn Elisabeth de Willaert Frank I. The History of Early Printing of Narrative Texts Durchbruch zur Prosa und der Einfluss des Buchdrucks auf die deutschsprachige Erzählliteratur des 15. Jahrhunderts Bertelsmeier Kierst Christa Continuities and Discontinuities in the Production and Reception of Middle Dutch Narrative Literature Besamusca Bart Willaert Frank The Southern Appeal: Dutch Translations of French Romances (c. 1484 c. 1540) in a Western European Perspective Bruijn Elisabeth de The Printing of English Narratives in Wynkyn de Wordes Later Career Boffey Julia The Publication of English Medieval Romances after the Death of Wynkyn de Worde 1536 1569 Sánchez Martí Jordi Production éditoriale et diffusion des récits arthuriens en France (XVe XVIe siècles) Montorsi Francesco Lédition imprimée des textes médiévaux en langue française au début du seizième siècle. Le cas de Galliot du Pré (1512 1560) Delsaux Olivier Van Hemelryck Tania II. Publication Strategies Visual Narrative: The Aeneid Woodcuts from Sebastian Brants Edition of Virgil (Strasbourg 1502) in Thomas Murners Translation of the Aeneid (Strasbourg 1515) Frick Julia Dasselbe nochmal: Narratives Potenzial von Bildwiederholungen in frühneuzeitlichen Romanen Potysch Nicolas Old Fashioned in Order to be Modern: Seghelijn van Iherusalem and its Woodcuts Schaeps Jef Ritter Romance Rewriting. Überlegungen zur dänischen Erzählliteratur in der Frühdruckzeit am Beispiel der Historie von Persenober oc Constantianobis (1572) Richter Anna Katharina Whats in a Name On the Titles of Early Modern Narratives in Particular Those of the Spanish libros de caballerías Syrovy Daniel List of Contributors Index of Manuscripts Index of Titles Index of Names The essays in this volume are concerned with early printed narrative texts in Western Europe. The aim of this book is to consider to what extent the shift from hand written to printed books left its mark on narrative literature in a number of vernacular languages. Did the advent of printing bring about changes in the corpus of narrative texts when compared with the corpus extant in manuscript copies Did narrative texts that already existed in manuscript form undergo significant modifications when they began to be printed How did this crucial media development affect the nature of these narratives Which strategies did early printers develop to make their texts commercially attractive Which social classes were the target audiences for their editions Around half of the articles focus on developments in the history of early printed narrative texts others discuss publication strategies. This book provides an impetus for cross linguistic research. It invites scholars from various disciplines to get involved in an international conversation about fifteenth and sixteenth century narrative literature