The Immaterial Book : Reading and Romance in Early Modern England [1 ed.] 9780472029143, 9780472118779

In romances--Renaissance England's version of the fantasy novel--characters often discover books that turn out to b

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The Immaterial Book : Reading and Romance in Early Modern England [1 ed.]
9780472029143, 9780472118779

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With the expansion of the publishing industry between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, reading for pleasure becam

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Giving translations of Iberian chivalric Romance a centrality they have never before received, this collection explores

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In Fruit of the Orchard, Jennifer N. Brown builds upon academic discourse about medieval readers, trans-Reformation stud

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This collection reveals the valuable work that women achieved in publishing, printing, writing and reading early modern

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Reading Authority and Representing Rule in Early Modern England explores the publication and reception of authority in e

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A riveting look at how the early modern world revolutionized sleep and its relation to body, mind, soul, and society

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This book offers a new reading of early modern romance in the light of historically contemporary accounts of mind, and s

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