1st Edition
Illustrating the Past in Early Modern England The Representation of History in Printed Books
Biography
James A. Knapp is an assistant professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. His essays on book-illustration and cultural poetics have appeared in Criticism, Disputatio, and ELH, as well as a variety of essay collections. He is currently the co-editor of JNT: Journal of Narrative Theory
'A beguiling volume with a provocative thesis concerning the rise and fall of images in the books and texts of early modern England. Its lucid arguments tease out fascinating connections in the spaces between words and pictures, between history and representation.' Leonard Barkan, Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, Princeton University
'... contribute[s] valuably to what may be emerging as a new topic in early modern studies: the question of how people experienced their history.' Renaissance Forum
'This book represents a significant contribution to our understanding of sixteenth-century book illustration...' Literature & History
'This is an extremely ambitious interdisciplinary endeavor, written at the crossroads of literary theory, art history, historiography, and the history of the book... The result of all this complexity and multidisciplinarity is a book which is fascinating to read and makes some genuine insights...' Sixteenth Century Journal
'Knapp's landmark study is a welcome reassessment of early modern book illustration that promises to inspire further work on the relationship between early modern print and visual culture.' Clio
’This fascinating volume [...] addresses a hitherto neglected topic of the broader intellectual and economic implications of woodcut illustrations during this early period of printing history in England.’ Journal of Printing Historical Society
