Elizabeth Evenden, Thomas S. Freeman

Religion and the Book in Early Modern England

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the production of John Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs', a milestone in the history of the English book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9781107662933
• ISBN-10: 1107662931
• Artikelnr.: 40453796

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Evenden is a lecturer in the Department of English at Brunel University. Her recent publications include Patents, Pictures and Patronage: John Day and the Tudor Book Trade (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The text in its context: the printer's world in early modern Europe
2. Ancient fragments and 'noythy bookes': the early careers of John Foxe and John Day
3. Adversity and opportunity: Foxe and Day during Mary's reign
4. The making of the first edition of the Acts and Monuments
5. Sources and resources: preparing the 1570 edition
6. 'Fayre pictures and painted pageants': the illustrations of the 'Book of Martyrs'
7. A Parting of the Ways? Foxe and Day, 1570-6
8. Fathers, sons and other adversaries: the background to and making of the 1583 edition
Conclusion. Foxe after Foxe: the making of the Acts and Monuments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.