Writing at the Origin of Capitalism
Literary Circulation and Social Change in Early Modern England
Seiten
2021
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-886946-7 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-886946-7 (ISBN)
Explores the relationship between the transition to capitalism in early modern England and the many literary innovations that emerged within the period.
In the late sixteenth through seventeenth centuries, England simultaneously developed a national market and a national literary culture. Writing at the Origin of Capitalism describes how economic change in early modern England created new patterns of textual production and circulation with lasting consequences for English literature. Synthesizing research in book and media history, including investigations of manuscript and print, with Marxist historical theory, this volume demonstrates that England's transition to capitalism had a decisive impact on techniques of writing, rates of literacy, and modes of reception, and, in turn, on the form and style of texts.
Individual chapters discuss the impact of market integration on linguistic standardization and the rise of a uniform English prose; the growth of a popular literary market alongside a national market in cheap commodities; and the decline of literary patronage with the monarchy's loosening grip on trade regulation, among other subjects. Peddlers' routes and price integration, monopoly licenses and bills of exchange, all prove vital for understanding early modern English writing. Each chapter reveals how books and documents were embedded in wider economic processes, and as a result, how the origin of capitalism constituted a revolutionary event in the history of English literature.
In the late sixteenth through seventeenth centuries, England simultaneously developed a national market and a national literary culture. Writing at the Origin of Capitalism describes how economic change in early modern England created new patterns of textual production and circulation with lasting consequences for English literature. Synthesizing research in book and media history, including investigations of manuscript and print, with Marxist historical theory, this volume demonstrates that England's transition to capitalism had a decisive impact on techniques of writing, rates of literacy, and modes of reception, and, in turn, on the form and style of texts.
Individual chapters discuss the impact of market integration on linguistic standardization and the rise of a uniform English prose; the growth of a popular literary market alongside a national market in cheap commodities; and the decline of literary patronage with the monarchy's loosening grip on trade regulation, among other subjects. Peddlers' routes and price integration, monopoly licenses and bills of exchange, all prove vital for understanding early modern English writing. Each chapter reveals how books and documents were embedded in wider economic processes, and as a result, how the origin of capitalism constituted a revolutionary event in the history of English literature.
Julianne Werlin is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Duke University specializing in early modern literature. She received her doctorate from Princeton University, and has held fellowships at The University of Southern California, Central European University, The Folger Shakespeare Library, and The Huntington Library.
Introduction: Capitalism and Communications
1: The Rise of English Prose
2: The Beginnings of Literary Mass Culture
3: The Problem of a Courtly Literature
4: The Writing of Daily Life
5: English Literature Abroad
Conclusion: The Arc of Change
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 145 x 223 mm |
| Gewicht | 352 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen | |
| Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-886946-0 / 0198869460 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-886946-7 / 9780198869467 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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