, Raymond Gillespie
The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume III : The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800
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. - ;...outstandingly good...the volume will provide a mine of information for scholars from many disciplines, a source of fascination and profit for all readers, and a challenge to the editors of the remaining four volumes to match or indeed surpass its achievement. - Ian Campbell Ross, The Library, Vol. 8, No. 2
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- , Raymond Gillespie
- Hadfield, Andrew
- Julkaisija
- Oxford University Press
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2006
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- en
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- Historia
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- 9780191514333