'Ungainefull arte' : poetry, patronage, and print in the early modern era

Title	'Ungainefull arte' : poetry, patronage, and print in the early modern era
Author	Richard A. McCabe
Imprint	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016
Edition	First edition
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198716525.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

SUMMARY

'Ungainefull Arte' examines how traditional modes of literary patronage responded to the challenge of print, as the economies of gift-exchange competed with those of the marketplaces, allowing for the reassessment of patronage both as a social practice and a literary theme

Literature Modern -- 15th and 16th centuries -- History and criticism Literature Modern -- 17th century -- History and criticism Literature Modern -- 18th century -- History and criticism English literature -- Early modern 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Authors and patrons -- History