[BOOK][B] Social authorship and the advent of print
MJM Ezell - 1999 - press.jhu.edu
How did academic and literary writers living in rural Britain in the 1680s establish their
careers and find audiences for their work? What factors influenced the choices of essayists
and dramatists who lived outside London and the university cities? Who read the works of
regional poets and natural scientists and how were they circulated?In this engaging study of
the development of literary industry and authorship in early modern Britain, Margaret Ezell
examines the forces at work at a time when print technology was in competition with older …
careers and find audiences for their work? What factors influenced the choices of essayists
and dramatists who lived outside London and the university cities? Who read the works of
regional poets and natural scientists and how were they circulated?In this engaging study of
the development of literary industry and authorship in early modern Britain, Margaret Ezell
examines the forces at work at a time when print technology was in competition with older …