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The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume III - The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800 (Hardcover, New)
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The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume III - The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800 (Hardcover, New)
Series: History of the Irish Book
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The Oxford History of the Irish Book is a major new series that
charts the development of the book in Ireland from its origins
within an early medieval manuscript culture to its current
incarnation alongside the rise of digital media in the twenty-first
century.
Volume III: The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800 contains a series
of groundbreaking essays that seek to explain the fortunes of
printed word from the early Renaissance to the end of the
eighteenth century. The essays in section one explain the
development of print culture in the period, from its first
incarnation in the small area of the English Pale around Dublin,
dominated by the interests of the English authorities, to the more
widespread dispersal of the printing press at the close of the
eighteenth century, when provincial presses developed their own
character and style either alongside or as a challenge to the
dominant intellectual culture. Section two explains the crucial
developments in the structure and technical innovation of the print
trade; the role played by private and public collections of books;
and the evidence of changing reading practices throughout the
period. The third and longest section explores the impact of the
rise of print. Essays examine the effect that the printed book had
on religious and political life in Ireland, providing a case study
of the impact of the French Revolution on pamphlets and propaganda
in Ireland; the transformations illustrated in the history of
historical writing, as well as in literature and the theatre,
through the publication of play texts for a wide audience. Others
explore the impact that print had on the history of science and the
production of foreign language books.The volume concludes with an
authoritative bibliographical essay outlining the sources that
exist for the study of the book in early modern Ireland. This is an
authoritative volume with essays by key scholars that will be the
standard guide for many years to come.
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