Author: Marie Collins
Publisher: Corner House Pub
Published: 1988-01-01
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781555843007
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on Caxton's version of a 14th century Middle Eastern translation of the Latin Polychronicon of Ranulf Higden, which was printed in 1948 by Wynkyn de Worde under title: The description of England
Author: Lotte Hellinga
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780712350884
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: William Kuskin
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Valerie Hotchkiss
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010-10-01
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0252091531
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →English in Print from Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton examines the history of early English books, exploring the concept of putting the English language into print with close study of the texts, the formats, the audiences, and the functions of English books. Lavishly illustrated with more than 130 full-color images of stunning rare books, this volume investigates a full range of issues regarding the dissemination of English language and culture through printed works, including the standardization of typography, grammar, and spelling; the appearance of popular literature; and the development of school grammars and dictionaries. Valerie Hotchkiss and Fred C. Robinson provide engaging descriptions of more than a hundred early English books drawn from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the Elizabethan Club of Yale University. The study nearly mirrors the chronological coverage of Pollard and Redgrave's famous Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), beginning with William Caxton, England's first printer, and ending with John Milton, the English language's most eloquent defender of the freedom of the press in his Areopagitica of 1644. William Shakespeare, neither a printer nor a writer much concerned with publishing his own plays, nonetheless deserves his central place in this study because Shakespeare imprints, and Renaissance drama in general, provide a fascinating window on the world of English printing in the period between Caxton and Milton.
Author: William Caxton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-08-01
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 3385545595
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.