Ephemeral Print Culture in Early Modern England: Sociability, Politics and Collecting

by Dr Tim Somers

Cheap' genres of print such as ballads, almanacs and playing cards were part of everyday life in seventeenth-century society - ubiquitous and disposable. Toward the end of the century, however, individuals began to preserve, arrange and display articles of cheap print within carefully curated collections. What motivated this sudden urge to preserve the ephemeral? This book answers that question by analysing the social, political and intellectual factors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783275499
• ISBN13: 9781783275496
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"