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

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. 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 Introduction / Raymond Gillespie and Andrew Hadfield Print culture, 1550-1700 / Raymond Gillespie Print culture, 1700-1800 / Toby Barnard The print trade, 1550-1700 / Colm Lennon The print trade, 1700-1800 / Colm Lennon Libraries and collectors, 1550-1700 / Elizabethanne Boran Libraries and collectors, 1700-1800 / Toby Barnard Reading print, 1550-1700 / Raymond Gillespie Reading print, 1700-1800 / Máire Kennedy Religious change, 1550-1800 / Thomas O'Connor Political publishing, 1550-1700 / James Kelly Political publishing, 1700-1800 / James Kelly Politics and print : a case study / Allan Blackstock Historical writing, 1550-1660 / Andrew Hadfield Historical writing, 1660-1750 / Bernadette Cunningham Historical writing, 1750-1800 / Deana Rankin Literature in print, 1550-1800 / Andrew Carpenter Theatre and print, 1550-1800 / Christopher Morash Science, 1550-1800 / Siobhán Fitzpatrick Foreign language books, 1550-1700 / Mary Ann Lyons Foreign language books, 1700-1800 / Máire Kennedy Sources for the history of the early modern book in Ireland / Raymond Gillespie. __The Oxford History of the Irish Book____Volume III: The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800__