Main entry:

Richardson, Brian (Brian F.)

Title & Author:

Print culture in Renaissance Italy : the editor and the vernacular text, 1470-1600 / Brian Richardson.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Description:

xvi, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Cambridge studies in publishing and printing history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and indexes.
1. Printers, authors and the rise of the editor -- 2. Editors and their methods -- 3. Humanists, friars and others: Editing in Venice and Florence, 1470-1500 -- 4. Bembo and his influence, 1501-1530 -- 5. Venetian editors and 'the grammatical norm', 1501-1530 -- 6. Standardization and scholarship: Editing in Florence, 1501-1530 -- 7. Towards a wider readership: Editing in Venice, 1531-1545 -- 8. The editor triumphant: Editing in Venice, 1546-1560 -- 9. In search of a cultural identity: Editing in Florence, 1531-1560 -- 10. Piety and elegance: Editing in Venice, 1561-1600 -- 11. A 'true and living image': Editing in Florence, 1561-1600.

Summary:

The emergence of print in late fifteenth-century Italy gave a crucial new importance to the editors of texts, who determined the form in which texts from the Middle Ages to their own day would be read, and who could strongly influence the interpretation and status of texts by adding introductory material or commentary. Brian Richardson here examines the Renaissance circulation and reception of texts by writers including Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio and Ariosto, as well as popular works of entertainment.
In so doing he sheds light on the impact of the new printing and editing methods on Renaissance culture, including the standardization of vernacular Italian and its spread to new readers and writers, the establishment of new standards in textual criticism, and the cultural rivalry between the two cities on which this study is chiefly focused, Venice and Florence.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521420326 (hardback)
9780521420327 (hardback)
052189302X
9780521893022

Subject:

Edition_
Printing Italy History 16th century.
Printing Italy History Origin and antecedents.
Early printed books Italy Venice Bibliography.
Early printed books Italy Florence Bibliography.
Incunabula Italy Bibliography.
Transmission of texts Italy.
Renaissance Italy.
Editing History.
Printing Italy History.
Early printed books Italy Venice.
Early printed books Italy Florence.
Transmission of texts.
Printing history
Imprimerie Italie Histoire.
Livres anciens Italie Venise.
Livres anciens Italie Florence.
Renaissance Italie.
Édition Histoire.
Transmission de textes.
Imprimerie Italie Histoire 16e siècle.
Imprimerie Italie Histoire Origines et antécédents.
Livres anciens Italie Venise Bibliographie.
Livres anciens Italie Florence Bibliographie.
Transmission de textes Italie.
Early printed books.
Editing.
Incunabula.
Printing.
Printing Origin and antecedents.
Renaissance.
Buchdruck
Italiaanse boeken.
Receptie.
Redactie.
Vormgeving.
Printing Italy History 15th century.
Bibliography Italy Venice Early printed books.
Bibliography Italy Florence Early printed books.
Editing Italy 15th century.
Editing Italy 16th century.
Édition critique Italie Florence (Italie) Renaissance.
Édition critique Italie Venise (Italie) Renaissance.
Édition Italie Histoire Renaissance.
Imprimerie Italie Histoire 15e siècle.
Bibliographie Italie Venise Livres anciens.
Bibliographie Italie Florence Livres anciens.
Édition 16e siècle.
Geschichte 1470-1600.
Italy Imprints.
Italy.
Italy Florence.
Italy Venice.
Italien
Florence (Italie) Vie intellectuelle 1421-1737.
Venise (Italie) Vie intellectuelle Jusqu'à 1797.
Printing History

Form/genre:

Bibliography
bibliographies.
Bibliographies.
History.

Added entries:

Cambridge studies in publishing and printing history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 102905
Call No.: ID Z155.R53; ID:94-B1674
Status: Available