Reading popular romance in early modern England /

With the expansion of the publishing industry between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, reading for pleasure became possible for an increasing number of people, not just the wealthy and educated. The growth of the book trade produced, alongside elite literature, a parallel popular literature....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Newcomb, Lori Humphrey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Greene, Robert, > 1558-1592. > Pandosto.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Winter's tale.
Greene, Robert, > 1558-1592 > Influence.
Greene, Robert, > 1558-1592.
Pandosto (Greene, Robert)
Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William)
1500-1699
Books and reading > England > History > 16th century.
Books and reading > England > History > 17th century.
Popular literature > England > History and criticism.
Romances > Appreciation > England > History.
Popular culture > England > History.
Household employees in literature.
English Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
Livres et lecture > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Livres et lecture > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Paralittérature > Angleterre > Histoire et critique.
Roman courtois > Appréciation > Angleterre > Histoire.
Culture populaire > Angleterre > Histoire.
Employés de maison dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Books and reading.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Popular culture.
Popular literature.
Romances > Appreciation.
Populaire literatuur.
Leesgewoonten.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Growne so ordinarie": producing Robert Greene's Pandosto and Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, 1585-92
  • Social things: commodifying Pandosto, 1592-1640
  • Material alteration: re-commodifying Dorastus and Fawnia and The Winter's tale, 1623-1843
  • The romance of service: The readers of Dorastus and Fawnia, 1615-1762.

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