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- Europe in British Literature and Culture
- Cambridge Themes in British Literature and Culture
- Europe in British Literature and Culture
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- General Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Zones of Influence
- Part II Pan-European Moods and Movements
- Part III Cultural Transfers
- Chapter 12 Early Modern Print Technologies
- Chapter 13 Diplomacy
- Chapter 14 Grand Tours and Sentimental Journeys
- Chapter 15 Folk and Fairy Tales
- Chapter 16 Translation
- Chapter 17 More or Less English
- Chapter 18 Holocaust Education and Commemoration in Britain
- Chapter 19 Critical and Literary Theory
- Chapter 20 Culinary Longings
- Part IV Anxious Neighbourhoods, Uncertain Futures
- Index
Chapter 12 - Early Modern Print Technologies
from Part III - Cultural Transfers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 June 2024
- Europe in British Literature and Culture
- Cambridge Themes in British Literature and Culture
- Europe in British Literature and Culture
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- General Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Zones of Influence
- Part II Pan-European Moods and Movements
- Part III Cultural Transfers
- Chapter 12 Early Modern Print Technologies
- Chapter 13 Diplomacy
- Chapter 14 Grand Tours and Sentimental Journeys
- Chapter 15 Folk and Fairy Tales
- Chapter 16 Translation
- Chapter 17 More or Less English
- Chapter 18 Holocaust Education and Commemoration in Britain
- Chapter 19 Critical and Literary Theory
- Chapter 20 Culinary Longings
- Part IV Anxious Neighbourhoods, Uncertain Futures
- Index
Summary
In the first decades of the printed book in Britain, the book trade was dominated by bookmakers from continental Europe. However, as the trade expanded and was consolidated by the incorporation of the Stationers’ Company in 1557, it has been treated as if it became more insular. Landmark histories of the book in Britain in the sixteenth century have, until recent years, tended to overestimate the extent to which books that were read in Britain were printed in Britain. As part of a revisionist trend in this field, this chapter explores the intertwined relationship between continental printers and booksellers in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. How did English authors view the possibilities, opportunities, and dangers of printing in continental Europe? How did religious, political, and commercial motives intertwine to encourage the printing of Latin works produced in England on the continent? And how were those continental printings of Latin works read and consumed back in England? Overall, the chapter offers a significant contribution to our ongoing reassessment of the interfused relationship between the history of the British and continental European book.
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- Europe in British Literature and Culture , pp. 199 - 212Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024