Reading Nobility: Authority and Early English Print.
- Author/Editor
- Stewart, Vaughn.
- Title
- Reading Nobility: Authority and Early English Print.
- Published
- Stewart, Vaughn. "Reading Nobility: Authority and Early English Print." Ph.D. Dissertation. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016. 174 pp. Dissertation Abstracts International A77.11(E) (2017). Full text accessible at ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (restricted); accessed February 21, 2022.
- Review
- From Stewart's abstract: "Reading Nobility examines the paratextual, literary, historical, and physical ways print books serve as brokers of authority. Over the course of four chapters, I analyze how English printers--with a primary focus on the incunabular period from 1476-1500--invoke concepts of nobility, negotiating authority newly accessible to emerging readerships . . . . The final chapter examines Caxton's 1483 edition of the 'Confessio Amantis,' oddly printed with gaps left for illustrations. An analysis of multiple copies held in the United States and England reveals that owners occasionally exploited these spaces to add optional embellishment. Considering the 'Confessio Amantis''s manuscript history of 'standardized' deluxe volumes, I argue that Caxton made his edition socially nimble through its optional embellishment as purchasers could elect to elevate the status of their texts and, in turn, themselves."
- Date
- 2016
- Gower Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
Confessio Amantis