The essays in this volume are concerned with early printed
narrative texts in Western Europe. The aim of this book is to
consider to what extent the shift from hand-written to printed
books left its mark on narrative literature in a number of
vernacular languages. Did the advent of printing bring about
changes in the corpus of narrative texts when compared with the
corpus extant in manuscript copies? Did narrative texts that
already existed in manuscript form undergo significant
modifications when they began to be printed? How did this crucial
media development affect the nature of these narratives? Which
strategies did early printers develop to make their texts
commercially attractive? Which social classes were the target
audiences for their editions? Around half of the articles focus on
developments in the history of early printed narrative texts,
others discuss publication strategies. This book provides an
impetus for cross-linguistic research. It invites scholars from
various disciplines to get involved in an international
conversation about fifteenth- and sixteenth-century narrative
literature.
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