How the world became a book in shakespeare's england
Auteur :
Lamb, Jonathan P.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009460415
Date de publication :
14 août 2025
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,1 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
630 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Just as computers have spawned new descriptive language today, then-new book technologies helped build previously unheard-of metaphorical worlds in early modern England. Drawing on thousands of examples, Jonathan P. Lamb shows how writers from Shakespeare to Cavendish used the language of books to shape their reality.