"Print Culture and the Medieval Author is a book about books. Examining hundreds of early printed books and many late medieval manuscripts, Alexandra Gillespie writes a bibliographical history of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his follower John Lydgate in the century after the ar…
Examining hundreds of early printed books containing works by Chaucer, the 'father' of English poetry, and his much-maligned follower, John Lydgate. She demonstrates that the shift from manuscript to print was part of the controversial process by which Chaucer earned his exclusi…
Alexandra Gillespie takes a new look at hundreds of neglected old books containing works by Chaucer, the 'father' of English poetry, and his much-maligned follower, John Lydgate. She demonstrates that the shift from manuscript to print was part of the controversial process by wh…
Johannes Gutenberg: printing press innovator
A short biography of the life of Johannes Gutenberg.
Johannes Gutenberg: printing press innovator
A short biography of the life of Johannes Gutenberg.
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by Richardson, Brian, (Brian F.)
fromCambridge studies in publishing and printing history
The emergence of print in late fifteenth-century Italy gave a crucial new importance to the editors of texts, who determined the form in which texts from the Middle Ages would be read, and who could strongly influence the interpretation and status of texts by adding introductory…
The emergence of print in late fifteenth-century Italy gave a crucial new importance to the editors of texts, who determined the form in which texts from the Middle Ages would be read, and who could strongly influence the interpretation and status of texts by adding introductory…
