Writing at the Origin of Capitalism
Literary Circulation and Social Change in Early Modern England
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 22 July 2021
- ISBN 9780198869467
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages196 pages
- Size 223x145x17 mm
- Weight 352 g
- Language English 122
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Short description:
Explores the relationship between the transition to capitalism in early modern England and the many literary innovations that emerged within the period.
MoreLong description:
In the late sixteenth through seventeenth centuries, England simultaneously developed a national market and a national literary culture. Writing at the Origin of Capitalism describes how economic change in early modern England created new patterns of textual production and circulation with lasting consequences for English literature. Synthesizing research in book and media history, including investigations of manuscript and print, with Marxist historical theory, this volume demonstrates that England's transition to capitalism had a decisive impact on techniques of writing, rates of literacy, and modes of reception, and, in turn, on the form and style of texts.
Individual chapters discuss the impact of market integration on linguistic standardization and the rise of a uniform English prose; the growth of a popular literary market alongside a national market in cheap commodities; and the decline of literary patronage with the monarchy's loosening grip on trade regulation, among other subjects. Peddlers' routes and price integration, monopoly licenses and bills of exchange, all prove vital for understanding early modern English writing. Each chapter reveals how books and documents were embedded in wider economic processes, and as a result, how the origin of capitalism constituted a revolutionary event in the history of English literature.
She [Julianne Werlin] has written a short, interesting, and accessible book which is pleasantly free from jargon. References to the literature are mainly in footnotes which in many cases provide useful summaries of relevant arguments and findings.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Capitalism and Communications
The Rise of English Prose
The Beginnings of Literary Mass Culture
The Problem of a Courtly Literature
The Writing of Daily Life
English Literature Abroad
Conclusion: The Arc of Change
