商品簡介
Details the rise and development of printed how-to books during the period from Caxton's establishment of the printing press to the English Revolution, showing how early writers created effective books using the same principles that contemporary writers use, analyzing Bacon's contributions to the rise of the plain style, and reappraising Renaissance genre theory. Of interests to specialists in technical communication, literacy theory, history of publishing, Renaissance prose, and theory of textuality. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
