Outlining the impact of the rise of print in early modern Ireland in a series of essays, this volume charts the development of a print culture in Ireland and the transformations it brought to conceptions of politics, religion, and literature. It includes a case study of the impact of the French Revolution on pamphlets and propaganda in Ireland.
Volume III of the Oxford History of the Irish Book outlines the impact of the rise of print in early modern Ireland in a series of groundbreaking essays, charting the development of a print culture in Ireland and the transformations it brought to conceptions of politics, religion, and literature. This is an authoritative volume with essays by key scholars that will be the standard guide for many years to come.
...outstandingly good...the volume will provide a mine of information for scholars from many disciplines, a source of fascination and profit for all readers, and a challenge to the editors of the remaining four volumes to match or indeed surpass its achievement.
