The Oxford History of the Irish Book: The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800

✍ Scribed by Raymond Gillespie, Andrew Hadfield

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 500
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Oxford History of the Irish Book is a major new series that charts the development of the book in Ireland from its origins within an early medieval manuscript culture to its current incarnation alongside the rise of digital media in the twenty-first century. Volume III: The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800 contains a series of groundbreaking essays that seek to explain the fortunes of printed word from the early Renaissance to the end of the eighteenth century. The essays in section one explain the development of print culture in the period, from its first incarnation in the small area of the English Pale around Dublin, dominated by the interests of the English authorities, to the more widespread dispersal of the printing press at the close of the eighteenth century, when provincial presses developed their own character and style either alongside or as a challenge to the dominant intellectual culture. Section two explains the crucial developments in the structure and technical innovation of the print trade; the role played by private and public collections of books; and the evidence of changing reading practices throughout the period. The third and longest section explores the impact of the rise of print. Essays examine the effect that the printed book had on religious and political life in Ireland, providing a case study of the impact of the French Revolution on pamphlets and propaganda in Ireland; the transformations illustrated in the history of historical writing, as well as in literature and the theatre, through the publication of play texts for a wide audience. Others explore the impact that print had on the history of science and the production of foreign language books. The volume concludes with an authoritative bibliographical essay outlining the sources that exist for the study of the book in early modern Ireland. This is an authoritative volume with essays by key scholars that will be the standard guide for many years to come.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 16
List of Illustrations......Page 18
List of Abbreviations......Page 19
Notes on References......Page 20
Notes on Contributors......Page 21
1. Introduction......Page 24
I. PRINT CULTURE......Page 38
2. Print Culture, 1550–1700......Page 40
3. Print Culture, 1700–1800......Page 57
II. THE STRUCTURE OF PRINT......Page 82
4. The Print Trade, 1550–1700......Page 84
5. The Print Trade, 1700–1800......Page 97
III. COLLECTING AND READING PRINT......Page 112
6. Libraries and Collectors, 1550–1700......Page 114
7. Libraries and Collectors, 1700–1800......Page 134
8. Reading Print, 1550–1700......Page 158
9. Reading Print, 1700–1800......Page 169
IV. THE IMPACT OF PRINT......Page 190
10. Religious Change, 1550–1800......Page 192
11. Political Publishing, 1550–1700......Page 217
12. Political Publishing, 1700–1800......Page 238
13. Politics and Print: A Case Study......Page 257
14. Historical Writing, 1550–1660......Page 273
15. Historical Writing, 1660–1750......Page 287
16. Historical Writing, 1750–1800......Page 305
17. Literature in Print, 1550–1800......Page 324
18. Theatre and Print, 1550–1800......Page 342
19. Science, 1550–1800......Page 358
20. Foreign Language Books, 1550–1700......Page 370
21. Foreign Language Books, 1700–1800......Page 391
V. SOURCES FOR PRINT......Page 406
22. Sources for the History of the Early Modern Book in Ireland......Page 408
Bibliography......Page 416
B......Page 476
C......Page 479
D......Page 481
F......Page 483
G......Page 485
H......Page 486
K......Page 487
L......Page 488
M......Page 489
O......Page 491
P......Page 492
Q......Page 494
R......Page 495
S......Page 496
T......Page 498
W......Page 499
Y......Page 500