Labor and writing in early modern England, 1557-1667 /
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Author / Creator: | Ellinghausen, Laurie, 1972- |
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Imprint: | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008. |
Description: | 155 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6825722 |
Summary: | One of the most important developments of the early modern period is the modern sense of vocation. The concept of labor as a calling, which was assisted by early modern experiments in democracy, print, and Protestant religion, had a lasting effect on the history of authorship as a profession. |
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Item Description: | A study of non-aristocratic authors' embrace of writing as work, and of the concept of labor and its relationship to authorship during the early decades of print capitalism in early modern England. |
Physical Description: | 155 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-150) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780754657804 0754657809 |