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oapen-20.500.12657-621012024-03-27T14:14:45Z Poets, Patrons, and Printers Brown, Cynthia J. Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: poetry and poets Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Cynthia J. Brown explains why the advent of print in the late medieval period brought about changes in relationships among poets, patrons, and printers which led to a new conception of authorship. Examining such paratextual elements of manuscripts as title pages, colophons, and illustrations as well as such literary strategies as experimentation with narrative voice, Brown traces authors' attempts to underscore their narrative presence in their works and to displace patrons from their role as sponsors and protectors of the book. Her accounts of the struggles of poets, including Jean Lemaire, Jean Bouchet, Jean Molinet, and Pierre Gringore, over the design, printing, and sale of their books demonstrate how authors secured the status of literary proprietor during the transition from the culture of script and courtly patronage to that of print capitalism. 2023-03-29T15:50:28Z 2023-03-29T15:50:28Z 1995 book ONIX_20230329_9781501742538_87 9781501742538 9781501742521 9781501742545 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62101 eng application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781501742538.pdf 9781501742545.epub http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801430718/poets-patrons-and-printers Cornell University Press Cornell University Press 10.7298/k4y3-7h66 10.7298/k4y3-7h66 06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a 9781501742538 9781501742521 9781501742545 Cornell University Press 312 Ithaca [...] Open Book Program National Endowment for the Humanities NEH open access
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Cynthia J. Brown explains why the advent of print in the late medieval period brought about changes in relationships among poets, patrons, and printers which led to a new conception of authorship. Examining such paratextual elements of manuscripts as title pages, colophons, and illustrations as well as such literary strategies as experimentation with narrative voice, Brown traces authors' attempts to underscore their narrative presence in their works and to displace patrons from their role as sponsors and protectors of the book. Her accounts of the struggles of poets, including Jean Lemaire, Jean Bouchet, Jean Molinet, and Pierre Gringore, over the design, printing, and sale of their books demonstrate how authors secured the status of literary proprietor during the transition from the culture of script and courtly patronage to that of print capitalism.
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