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Scribal Publication in Seventeenth-Century England (Hardcover, New)
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Scribal Publication in Seventeenth-Century England (Hardcover, New)
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BL Contains substantial discussions of Donne, Shakespeare,
Rochester, and Swift Long after the establishment of printing in
England, many writers and composers still preferred to publish
their work through handwritten copies. Texts so transmitted
included some of the most distinguished poetry and music of the
seventeenth century, along with a rich variety of political.
scientific, antiquarian, and philosophical writings. While
censorship was one reason for this persistence of the older
practice, scribal publication remained the norm for texts which
were required only in small numbers, or whose authors wished to
avoid `the stigma of print'. The present study is the first to
consider the trade in manuscripts as an important supplement to
that in printed books, and to descrice the agencies that met the
need for rapid duplication of key texts. By integrating the large
body of findings already available concerning particular texts and
authors it provides an arresting new perspective on authorship and
the communication of ideas.
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