'Grossly material things' [electronic resource] : women and book production in early modern England /
by Smith, Helen.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (viii, 254 p.) : ill., ports.ISBN: 9780191741654 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Women in the book industries and trade -- England -- History -- To 1500 | Women in the book industries and trade -- England -- History -- 16th century | Women in the book industries and trade -- England -- History -- 17th century | Women -- Books and reading -- History | English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticismOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Virginia Woolf described fictions as 'grossly material things' rooted in their physical and economic contexts. This book takes Woolf's hint and asks who made the books of the English Renaissance. It covers the ways in which women participated as co-authors, editors, translators, patrons, printers, readers and booksellers.
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Virginia Woolf described fictions as 'grossly material things' rooted in their physical and economic contexts. This book takes Woolf's hint and asks who made the books of the English Renaissance. It covers the ways in which women participated as co-authors, editors, translators, patrons, printers, readers and booksellers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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