Social authorship and the advent of print
By: Margaret J.M. Ezell.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Authorship -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Authorship -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History.; Printing -- Great Britain -- History.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Description: "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 developed out of new commercial practices, such as the rise of the "classic" text and the marketing of uniform series editions."--BOOK JACKET.

"Ezell's interdisciplinary approach draws together the history of the book and cultural history. The result allows the reader a glimpse of literary life as practiced by "social" authors in the context of the development of commercial publishing and the formalization of copyright laws defining texts and authors."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-171) and index.