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Smith, Helen, 1977-

'Grossly material things' : women and book production in early modern England / Helen Smith. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - viii, 254 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: 'Grossly Material Things' -- 1. 'Pen'd with double art': Women at the Scene of Writing -- 2. 'A dame, an owner, a defendresse': Women, Patronage, and Print -- 3. 'A free Stationers wife of this companye': Women and the Stationers -- 4. 'Certaine women brokers and peddlers': Beyond the London Book Trades -- 5. 'No deformitie can abide before the sunne': Imagining Early Modern Women's Reading -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index.

ISBN: 9780199651580 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2012-004253 (WlAbNL)99148428402419 (WlAbNL)vtls006269653

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women in the book industries and trade--History--England--16th century.
Women--Books and reading--History.--England
Authorship--Collaboration--History.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

LC Class. No.: Z325 SMI

Dewey Class. No.: 381/.450020820942