Reading Popular Romance in Early Modern England / / Lori Humphrey Newcomb.

With the expansion of the publishing industry between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, reading for pleasure became possible for an increasing number of people, not just the wealthy and educated. The growth of the book trade produced, alongside elite literature, a parallel popular literature....

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2001]
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Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on References
  • Figures
  • Introduction
  • 1. “Growne so ordinarie”
  • 2. Social Things
  • 3. Material Alteration
  • 4. The Romance of Service
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Pandosto Prose Versions
  • Appendix B: Pandosto Verse Versions
  • Notes
  • Index