Literary Folios and Ideas of the Book in Early Modern England [Hardcover]

This monograph makes clear how the format of the literary folio played a fundamental role in book history by encapsulating the unstable negotiation between commerce, cultural prestige, and the fundamental nature of the printed book.1. Samuel Daniel's Works and the History of the Book 2. Ben Jonson's Workes 3. John Taylor and the Commercial Folio

Francis Connorsdetailed and well-researched monograph therefore charts the publication ofliterary folios from the private, elite coteries to the public, commercial sphere;through this progression, ideas of the book evolved and were negotiated inearly modern Englandindeed, the chapter divisions reflect this. & Connorsmonograph adds to the significant corpus of book-history research & . (JocelynHargrave, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 68 (4), 2015)

Francis X. Connor is an Assistant Professor of English at Wichita State University, USA.