Edinburgh University Press Literary Manuscript Culture in Romantic Britain (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism)

This book examines how manuscript practices interacted with an expanding print marketplace to nurture and transform the period's literary culture. It unearths the alternative histories manuscripts tell us about British Romantic literary culture, describing the practices by which handwritten documents were written, shared, altered and preserved, and explores the functions they served as instruments of expression and sociability. By demonstrating how literary manuscript culture co-evolved with print culture, this study illuminates the complex entanglements between the media of script and print. From the Inside Flap A study of the production and circulation of literary manuscripts in Romantic-era BritainThis book examines how manuscript practices interacted with an expanding print marketplace to nurture and transform the periods literary culture. It unearths the alternative histories manuscripts tell us about British Romantic literary culture, describing the practices by which handwritten documents were written, shared, altered and preserved, and explores the functions they served as instruments of expression and sociability. By demonstrating how literary manuscript culture co-evolved with print culture, this study illuminates the complex entanglements between the media of script and print.Michelle Levy is Professor of English at Simon Fraser University. From the Back Cover A study of the production and circulation of literary manuscripts in Romantic-era Britain This book examines how manuscript practices interacted with an expanding print marketplace to nurture and transform the period's literary culture. It unearths the alternative histories manuscripts tell us about British Romantic literary culture, describing the practices by which handwritten documents were written, shared, altered and preserved, and explores the functions they served as instruments of expression and sociability. By demonstrating how literary manuscript culture co-evolved with print culture, this study illuminates the complex entanglements between the media of script and print. Michelle Levy is Professor of English at Simon Fraser University. About the Author Michelle Levy is Professor of English at Simon Fraser University.