Press Censorship in Jacobean England
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 12, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780521033534
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary Criticism; History - General History; Eastern Europe; Books & Reading; Censorship; Europe - Great Britain - General; Freedom of the press--England--History--16th; Freedom of the press--England--History--16th century; History / Great Britain; Literary Criticism & Collections / Eastern European; Literary Criticism-Books & Reading; Political Science-Censorship; Eastern European
First sentence: Understanding press censorship in Jacobean England requires recognizing that however institutionally cohesive censorship or printing trade practices may appear, varied and often contradictory and competing interests shaped these practices in ways that over time produced inherent contradictions.