Product Description: Pope's fascination with print--with annotations, illustrations, parallel texts, title-pages, revisions-- shapes this reading of his work. The book offers fresh insights into Pope's self-presentation and his relation to his readers: he emerges as a figure marginalized socially, politically, and sexually, who gambles with his private life in confronting his opponents...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Work(s) of Samuel Richardson brings together the master printer with the author/novelist in a study of Richardson's material texts and his work as a maker of books. Working from a grounding in recent textual theory, it focuses on select aspects of Richardson's career(s) and those of his books...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: It was not until the eighteenth century that books became widely available throughout the whole of England. Publishing remained largely London-based, but the provincial market grew steadily in importance. In this study, drawing on a wide range of primary sources, John Feather traces the economic, social and cultural forces which made possible this fundamental change, and assesses the impact of the metropolitan printed word on provincial society...read more