The Emergence of a Tradition: Technical Writing in the English Renaissance, 1475-1640

Elizabeth Tebeaux

ISBN 10: 0895031752 / ISBN 13: 9780895031754

Published by Baywood Pub Co, 1996

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254 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Emergence of a Tradition: Technical Writing in the English Renaissance, 1475-1640
• Publisher: Baywood Pub Co
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895031752
• ISBN 13: 9780895031754
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.63 kilograms

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Synopsis

Examining books on different topics as these appeared during the Renaissance allows us to see developments in the use of graphics, the shift from orality to textuality, the expansion of knowledge, and rise of literacy, particularly among middle-class women readers, who were an important audience for many of these books. Changes in English Renaissance technical books provide a new, and as yet largely unexplored means of viewing the Renaissance and the dramatic changes that emerged during the 1475-1640 period, the first years of English printing.

About the Author

Elizabeth Tebeaux