The Printer as Author in Early Modern English Book History: John Day and the Fabrication of a Protestant Memory Art

by William Engel and William E. Engel

This is the first book to demonstrate how mnemotechnic cultural commonplaces can be used to account for the look, style, and authorized content of some of the most influential books produced in early modern Britain. In his hybrid role as stationer, publisher, entrepreneur, and author, John Day, master printer of England's Reformation, produced the premier navigation handbook, state-approved catechism and metrical psalms, Book of Martyrs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036714588X
• ISBN13: 9780367145880
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"