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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818066003321

Autore

Maruca Lisa

Titolo

The work of print : authorship and the English text trades, 1660-1760 / / Lisa Maruca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2007

ISBN

0-295-80175-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Literary conjugations

Disciplina

381/.45002094309033

Soggetti

Book industries and trade - England - History - 17th century

Book industries and trade - England - History - 18th century

Authorship - History - 17th century

Authorship - History - 18th century

Authors and publishers - England - History - 17th century

Authors and publishers - England - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Robert B. Heilman book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction: Printing Production Values""; ""2. Printers' Manuals and the Bodies of Type""; ""3. Citizen, Hero, or Midwife? Re-presenting the Bookseller""; ""4. From Authorized Print to Authoritative Author: The Regulated Trade""; ""5. The Printer as Author: Samuel Richardson, Intellectual Property, and the Feminine Text""; ""6. The Ghost in the Machine: Invisible Print in a Digital Age""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""