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The printer as author in early modern English book history : John Day and the fabrication of a Protestant memory art
Title
The printer as author in early modern English book history : John Day and the fabrication of a Protestant memory art / William E. Engel.
ISBN
0429032439
0429626568
042962820X
0429629842
9780429032431
9780429626562
9780429628207
9780429629846
9780367145880
9781032223988
Publication
New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) : illustrations.
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Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 06, 2022).
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Summary
"This is the first book to demonstrate how mnemotechnical cultural commonplaces can be used to account for the look, style, and authorized content of some of the most influential books produced in early modern Britain. In his hybrid role as stationer, publisher, entrepreneur, and author, John Day, master printer of England's Reformation, produced the premier navigation handbook, state-approved catechism and metrical psalms, Book of Martyrs, England's first printed emblem book, and Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book. By virtue of finely honed book trade skills, dogged commitment to evangelical nation-building, and astute business acumen (including going after those who infringed his privileges), Day mobilized the typographical imaginary to establish what amounts to-and still remains-a potent and viable Protestant Memory Art"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Engel, William E., 1957- Printer as author in early modern English book history New York, NY : Routledge, 2022
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Routledge studies in early modern authorship
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Incarnating Ideas
The deluxe design of The Cosmographical Glass (1559)
Renovating the Catechism (1553) and Metrical Psalms (1562)
The grand enterprise of Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563)
Underwriting England's first Protestant emblem book (1568)
The compelling visuality of Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book (1569, 1578)
Conclusion: Making History: Imagining Derricke's Image of Ireland (1581).
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