A study of writing, publishing and marketing history books in the early modern period.

Reading Material in Early Modern England rediscovers the practices and representations of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English readers. By telling their s

Books and Readers in Early Modern England examines readers, reading, and publication practices from the Renaissance to the Restoration. The essays draw on an ar

In romances—Renaissance England’s version of the fantasy novel—characters often discover books that turn out to be magical or prophetic, and to offer insi

The second edition of this bestselling narrative history has been revised and expanded to reflect recent scholarship. The book traces the transformation of Engl