Vernacular Books and Their Readers in the Early Age of Print (c. 1450–1600)
Contributor(s)
Dlabačová, Anna (editor)
van Leerdam, Andrea (editor)
Thompson, John (editor)
Collection
Dutch Research Council (NWO)Language
EnglishAbstract
This volume explores various approaches to study vernacular books and reading practices across Europe in the 15th-16th centuries. Through a shared focus on the material book as an interface between producers and users, the contributors investigate how book producers conceived of their target audiences and how these vernacular books were designed and used. Three sections highlight connections between vernacularity and materiality from distinct perspectives: real and imagined readers, mobility of texts and images, and intermediality. The volume brings contributions on different regions, languages, and book types into dialogue. Contributors include Heather Bamford, Tillmann Taape, Stefan Matter, Suzan Folkerts, Karolina Mroziewicz, Martha W. Driver, Alexa Sand, Elisabeth de Bruijn, Katell Lavéant, Margriet Hoogvliet, and Walter S. Melion.
Keywords
reading practices; 15th-16th centuries; material books; vernacularity; materiality; mobility of texts and images; intermedialityDOI
10.1163/9789004520158ISBN
9789004520158, 9789004520141, 9789004520158Publisher
BrillPublisher website
https://brill.com/Publication date and place
2023Classification
Literary studies: general
History and Archaeology
c 1500 onwards to present day
History of religion