Brian Richardson

Manuscript Culture in Renaissance Italy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an analysis of the circulation of texts in Renaissance Italy: in print, manuscript, and spoken word.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780521888479
• ISBN-10: 0521888476
• Artikelnr.: 28110670

Autorenporträt

Brian Richardson is Professor of Italian Language at the University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The contexts and characteristics of manuscript circulation
2. Handwriting and the work of copyists
3. The manuscript circulation of lyric and burlesque poetry
4. The manuscript circulation of prose
5. Authors and their readers: dedications and other paratexts
6. Orality, manuscript and the circulation of verse
Conclusion
Index of manuscripts
Bibliography
General index.