Practices of Ephemera in Early Modern England
Catherine Richardson editor Callan Davies editor Hannah Lilley editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:3rd Feb '23
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This collection is the first to historicise the term ephemera and its meanings for early modern England and considers its relationship to time, matter, and place. It asks: how do we conceive of ephemera in a period before it was routinely employed (from the eighteenth century) to describe ostensibly disposable print? In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries—when objects and texts were rapidly proliferating—the term began to acquire its modern association with transitoriness. But contributors to this volume show how ephemera was also integrally related to wider social and cultural ecosystems. Chapters explore those ecosystems and think about the papers and artefacts that shaped homes, streets, and cities or towns and their attendant preservation, loss, or transformation. The studies here therefore look beyond static records to think about moments of process and transmutation and accordingly get closer to early modern experiences, identities, and practices.
ISBN: 9780367528362
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 625g
236 pages