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Women and the Circulation of Texts in Renaissance Italy

Hardback

Main Details

Title Women and the Circulation of Texts in Renaissance Italy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Brian Richardson
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:294
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 158
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
ISBN/Barcode 9781108477697
ClassificationsDewey:028.90820945
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 12 Halftones, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 March 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

During the Italian Renaissance, laywomen and nuns could take part in every stage of the circulation of texts of many kinds, old and new, learned and popular. This first in-depth and integrated analysis of Italian women's involvement in the material textual culture of the period shows how they could publish their own works in manuscript and print and how they promoted the first publication of works composed by others, acting as patrons or dedicatees. It describes how they copied manuscripts and helped to make and sell printed books in collaboration with men, how they received books as gifts and borrowed or bought them, how they commissioned manuscripts for themselves and how they might listen to works in spoken or sung performance. Brian Richardson's richly documented study demonstrates the powerful social function of books in the Renaissance: texts-in-motion helped to shape women's lives and sustain their social and spiritual communities.

Author Biography

Brian Richardson is Emeritus Professor of Italian Language at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Manuscript Culture in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 2009), Printers, Writers and Readers in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 1999) and Print Culture in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 1994).