Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Notes on References; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction; I. PRINT CULTURE; II. THE STRUCTURE OF PRINT; III. COLLECTING AND READING PRINT; IV. THE IMPACT OF PRINT; V. SOURCES FOR PRINT; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Volume III of the Oxford History of the Irish Book outlines the impact of the rise of print in early modern Ireland in a series of groundbreaking essays, charting the development of a print culture in Ireland and the transformations it brought to conceptions of politics, religion, and literature. This is an authoritative volume with essays by key scholars that will be the standard guide for many years to come. - ;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 curre