Besamusca, Bart

Early Printed Narrative Literature in Western Europe - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020 - 1 electronic resource (395 p.)

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The shift from hand-written to printed books left its mark on narrative literature in Western Europe. The essays in this volume address developments in the history of early printed narrative texts as well as publication strategies in a number of vernacular languages. Topics covered include the selection of texts that made it into print, stages in their printed history, textual adaptations, the use of woodcuts and the development of title pages.


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English
German

9783110563016 9783110563108;9783110563009

10.1515/9783110563016 doi


Literary studies: general
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800

History of printing early printing houses narrative literature media history cross-linguistic research