Pamphlets and Pamphleteering in Early Modern Britain |
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Author:
| Raymond, Joad |
Contribution by:
| Fletcher, Anthony Guy, John Morrill, John |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-02877-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $59.99 |
Book Description:
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This is a unique history of the printed pamphlet in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain, which traces its rise as an imaginative and often eloquent literary form. Using a long-term perspective and a broad range of historical, bibliographical and textual evidence, the book shows the coherence of the literary form, the diversity of genres and imaginative devices employed by pamphleteers. Individual chapters examine topics such as Elizabethan religious controversy, the book trade,...
More DescriptionThis is a unique history of the printed pamphlet in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain, which traces its rise as an imaginative and often eloquent literary form. Using a long-term perspective and a broad range of historical, bibliographical and textual evidence, the book shows the coherence of the literary form, the diversity of genres and imaginative devices employed by pamphleteers. Individual chapters examine topics such as Elizabethan religious controversy, the book trade, the distribution of pamphlets, pamphleteering in the English Civil War, women and gender, and print in the Restoration.