Books and Readers in Early Modern England
Subtitle: Material Studies (Material Texts)
Contributors: Jennifer Andersen (Editor); Elizabeth Sauer (Editor)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: November 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780812217940
Subjects: Cultural studies; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Europe - Great Britain - General; History - General History; Literary Criticism; England; Books & Reading; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: As is well known, Shakespeare, at least in his role as playwright, had no interest in the printed book or in its potential readers.