Publishing Subversive Texts in Elizabethan England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9789004320789
Subjects: Book industries and trade, history; Censorship; Catholic literature; English literature, catholic authors, history and criticism; Great britain, relations, foreign countries; Poland, relations, foreign countries; Catholics, poland
Description: Publishing subversive texts in Elizabeth England and the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth' offers recent research in book history by analysing the impact of early modern censorship on book circulation and information exchange in Elizabethan England and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In fourteen articles, the various aspects of early modern subversive publishing and impact of censorship on the intellectual and cultural exchange in both England and Poland-Lithuania are thoroughly discussed. 0The book is divided into three main parts. In the first part, the presence and impact of British recusants in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth are discussed. Part two deals with subversive publishing and its role on the intellectual culture of the Elizabethan Settlement. Part three deals with the impact of national censorship laws on book circulation to the Continent.