Social Authorship and the Advent of Print

by Margaret J. M. Ezell and Margaret J.M. Ezell

How did academic and literary writers living in rural Britain in the 1680s establish their careers and find audiences for their work? What factors influenced the choices of essayists and dramatists who lived outside London and the university cities? Who read the works of regional poets and natural scientists and how were they circulated?

In this engaging study of the development of literary industry and authorship in early modern Britain,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801877377
• ISBN13: 9780801877377
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher