PRINT MANUSCRIPT PERFORMANCE: THE CHANGING RELATIONS OF THE MEDIA IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND

The essays in this volume explore the complex interactions in early modern England between a technologically advanced culture of the printed book and a still powerful traditional culture of the spoken word, spectacle and manuscript. Scholars who work on manuscript culture, the history of printing, cultural history, historical bibliography and the institutions of early modern drama and theatre have been brought together to address such topics as the social character of texts, historical changes in notions of literary authority and intellectual property, the mutual influence and tensions between the different forms of publication and the epistemological and social implications of various communications technologies.