
Writing and Society
Literacy, Print and Politics in Britain 1590-1660
Nigel Wheale(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
202 pages
978-0-415-08498-7 (ISBN)
Description
Writing and Society is a stunning exploration of the relationship between the growth in popular literacy and the development of new readerships and the authors addressing them. It is the first single volume to provide a year-by-year chronology of political events in relation to cultural production.
This overview of debates in literary critical theory and historiography includes facsimile pages with commentary from the most influential books of the period. The author describes and analyses:
* the development of literacy by status, gender and region in Britain
* structures of patronage and censorship
* the fundamental role of the publishing industry
* the relation between elite literary and popular cultures
* and the remarkable growth of female literacy and publication.
This overview of debates in literary critical theory and historiography includes facsimile pages with commentary from the most influential books of the period. The author describes and analyses:
* the development of literacy by status, gender and region in Britain
* structures of patronage and censorship
* the fundamental role of the publishing industry
* the relation between elite literary and popular cultures
* and the remarkable growth of female literacy and publication.
Reviews / Votes
'[This] interdisciplinary study makes an excellent introduction to the period, and a useful overview for those who have tilled these fields. The book is well organised and clearly written and should find a following among students of both English and History.' - David Cressy, Ecclesiastical HistoryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-08498-7 (9780415084987)
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Person
Nigel Wheale lectures in English Studies at Anglia Polytechnic University. He is co-editor of Shakespeare in the Changing Curriculum (1991) and The Postmodern Arts.
Content
Chapter 1 'Paper I Make My Friend And Mind'S True Glass'; Chapter 2 Status and Literacy; Chapter 3 'Towardness'; Chapter 4 'Mechanics in the Suburbs of Literature'; Chapter 5 Censorship And State Formation; Chapter 6 'Penny Merriments, Penny Godlinesses'; Chapter 7 'Dressed Up With The Flowers Of A Library'; Chapter 8 'The Power Of Self At Such Overflowing Times'; Chapter 9 A Constant Register Of Public Facts 1589-1662;