William Caxton and Early Printing in England
William Caxton and Early Printing in England

Author: Lotte Hellinga

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Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780712350884

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This work takes a fresh approach to the first 60 years of printing in England by placing Caxton, his contemporaries and the later generations in the broad context of the history of book production between the middle of the 15th century and the Reformation.

Caxton's Trace
Caxton's Trace

Author: William Kuskin

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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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This collection, the first such work on Caxton and his contemporaries, consists of ten original essays that explore early English culture, from Caxton's introduction of the press, through questions of audience, translation, politics, and genre, to the modern fascination with Caxton's books.

Thomas Heywood and the Classical Tradition
Thomas Heywood and the Classical Tradition

Author: Tania Demetriou

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Published: 2021-03

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781526140234

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This collection offers a groundbreaking study of Thomas Heywood's fascinatingly individual engagement with the classics across his writing career. It considers the wide diversity of genres to which he contributed, including dramas, translations, compendia, and iconographical designs, and attends to the shaping role of classics in his authorial self-fashioning and idiosyncratic aesthetic.