This study ranges over private and public reading in a variety of religious, social, and scientific communities. It locates and charts specific historical moments of change in reading habits that reflect broader social and political shifts. Reputable contributors cover topics that include the processes of book production and distribution, audiences and markets, the material text, the relationship of print to performance, and the politics of acts of reception.
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Reading, Society and Politics in Early Modern England ranges over private and public reading, and over a variety of religious, social, and scientific communities to locate acts of reading in specific historical moments and chart the changes in reading habits that reflect broader social and political shifts during the period. A team of expert contributors cover topics including the processes of book production and distribution, audiences and markets, the material text , the relation of print to performance, and the politics of acts of reception.
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- The Anatomy of Melancholy (New York Review Books Classics) by Robert Burton on 4 pages
- The Battle Of The Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift on 4 pages
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- Women on Stage in Stuart Drama by Sophie Tomlinson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- British Political Thought in History, Literature and Theory, 1500-1800 by David Armitage in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Privacy, Playreading, and Women's Closet Drama, 1550-1700 by Marta Straznicky in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Representation and Misrepresentation in Later Stuart Britain: Partisanship and Political Culture by Mark Knights on page 47, and Back Matter
- Literature and the Politics of Family in Seventeenth-Century England by Su Fang Ng on page 92
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