[PDF] Renaissance Paratexts eBook

Author : Helen Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139495844

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In his 1987 work Paratexts, the theorist Gérard Genette established physical form as crucial to the production of meaning. Here, experts in early modern book history, materiality and rhetorical culture present a series of compelling explorations of the architecture of early modern books. The essays challenge and extend Genette's taxonomy, exploring the paratext as both a material and a conceptual category. Renaissance Paratexts takes a fresh look at neglected sites, from imprints to endings, and from running titles to printers' flowers. Contributors' accounts of the making and circulation of books open up questions of the marking of gender, the politics of translation, geographies of the text and the interplay between reading and seeing. As much a history of misreading as of interpretation, the collection provides novel perspectives on the technologies of reading and exposes the complexity of the playful, proliferating and self-aware paratexts of English Renaissance books.

Author : Helen Smith
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 25,1 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139114738

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A stimulating collection which explores both the material and the conceptual worlds of the early modern book.

Author : Helen Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 10,70 MB
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521117395

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In his 1987 work Paratexts, the theorist Gérard Genette established physical form as crucial to the production of meaning. Here, experts in early modern book history, materiality, and rhetorical culture present a series of compelling explorations of the architecture of early modern books. The essays challenge and extend Genette's taxonomy, exploring the paratext as both a material and a conceptual category. Renaissance Paratexts takes a fresh look at neglected sites, from imprints to endings, and from running titles to printers' flowers. Contributors' accounts of the making and circulation of books open up questions of the marking of gender, the politics of translation, geographies of the text, and the interplay between reading and seeing. As much a history of misreading as of interpretation, the collection provides novel perspectives on the technologies of reading, and exposes the complexity of the playful, proliferating, and self-aware paratexts of English Renaissance books.

Author : Thomas L. Berger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 2080 pages
File Size : 28,73 MB
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1139991620

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The paratexts in early modern English playbooks – the materials to be found primarily in their preliminary pages and end matter – provide a rich source of information for scholars interested in Shakespeare, Renaissance drama and the history of the book. In addition, these materials offer valuable insights into the rise of dramatic authorship in print, early modern attitudes towards theatre, notorious literary wrangles and the production of drama both on the stage and in the printing house. This unique two-volume reference is the first to include all paratextual materials in early modern English playbooks, from the emergence of print drama to the closure of the theatres in 1642. The texts have been transcribed from their original versions and presented in old-spelling. With an introduction, user's guide, multiple indices and a finding list, the editors provide a comprehensive overview of seminal texts which have never before been fully transcribed, annotated and cross-referenced.

Author : Thomas Berger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521851848

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The first edition to provide fully annotated and cross-referenced transcriptions of all paratextual materials in English printed drama to 1642.

Author : Andie Silva
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 15,8 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9004410244

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The Brand of Print uses contemporary marketing theory to analyze prefaces, dedications, and other paratexts authored by early English printers, publishers, and booksellers as a unique genre, showcasing how these "print agents" developed niche markets by building relationships with readers.

Author : Catherine Bates
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1118585127

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The most comprehensive collection of essays on Renaissance poetry on the market Covering the period 1520–1680, A Companion to Renaissance Poetry offers 46 essays which present an in-depth account of the context, production, and interpretation of early modern British poetry. It provides students with a deep appreciation for, and sensitivity toward, the ways in which poets of the period understood and fashioned a distinctly vernacular voice, while engaging them with some of the debates and departures that are currently animating the discipline. A Companion to Renaissance Poetry analyzes the historical, cultural, political, and religious background of the time, addressing issues such as education, translation, the Reformation, theorizations of poetry, and more. The book immerses readers in non-dramatic poetry from Wyatt to Milton, focusing on the key poetic genres—epic, lyric, complaint, elegy, epistle, pastoral, satire, and religious poetry. It also offers an inclusive account of the poetic production of the period by canonical and less canonical writers, female and male. Finally, it offers examples of current developments in the interpretation of Renaissance poetry, including economic, ecological, scientific, materialist, and formalist approaches. • Covers a wide selection of authors and texts • Features contributions from notable authors, scholars, and critics across the globe • Offers a substantial section on recent and developing approaches to reading Renaissance poetry A Companion to Renaissance Poetry is an ideal resource for all students and scholars of the literature and culture of the Renaissance period.

Author : Giovanni Ciotti
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 311047753X

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As records of the link between a manuscript and the texts it contains, paratexts document many aspects of a manuscript’s life: production, transmission, usage, and reception. Comprehensive studies of paratexts are still rare in the field of manuscript studies, and the universal categories of time and space are used to create a common frame for research and comparisons. Contributions in this volume span over three continents and one millennium.

Author : Jonathan Locke Hart
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 2024-09-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1040152090

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Language is the central concern of this book. Colonization, poetry and Shakespeare – and the Renaissance itself – provide the examples. I concentrate on text in context, close reading, interpretation, interpoetics and translation with particular instances and works, examining matters of interpoetics in Renaissance poetry and prose, including epic, and the Hugo translation of Shakespeare in France and trying to bring together analysis that shows how important language is in the age of European expansion and in the Renaissance. I provide close analysis of aspects of colonization, front matter (paratext) in poetry and prose, and Shakespeare that deserve more attention. The main themes and objectives of this book are an exploration of language in European colonial texts of the “New World,” paratexts or front matter, Renaissance poetry and Shakespeare through close reading, including interpoetics (liminality), translation and key words.

Author : John Tholen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004462392

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This book offers an analysis of paratextual infrastructures in editions of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and shows how paratexts functioned as important instruments for publishers and commentators to influence readers of this ancient text.