Symbolic Caxton: Literary Culture and Print Capitalism

by William Kuskin

Symbolic Caxton is the first study to explore the introduction of printing in symbolic terms. It presents a powerful literary history in which the fifteenth century is crucial to the overall story of English literature. William Kuskin argues that the development of print production is part of a larger social network involving the political, economic, and literary systems that produce the intangible constellations of identity and authority...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026803317X
• ISBN13: 9780268033170
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"