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British Library Podcasts British Library Audio webeditor@bl.uk 2012 Panizzi Lectures 1: Circulating Books http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast138135.html The British Library This lecture focussed on the initial circulation of texts. How did women authors promote the publication of their own works in manuscript and print? How did women who had privileged ownership of manuscript texts diffuse them within their communities? To what extent and why was the patronage of women sought through dedications?Brian Richardson is Professor of Italian Language at the University of Leeds. His publications include Print Culture in Renaissance Italy: The Editor and the Vernacular Text, 1470-1600 (1994), Printing, Writers and Readers in Renaissance Italy (1999), Manuscript Culture in Renaissance Italy (2009) and editions of 16th-century texts on Italian linguistics. He is currently leading a project on oral culture in relation to manuscript and print in early modern Italy. http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast138135.mp3 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 BST 01:15:03 2012 Panizzi Lectures 2: Making and Selling Books http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast138139.html The British Library How far could women participate in producing and selling books? The lecture considers how convents could be centres for the copying of manuscripts for their own use or for sale, and how some nuns and laywomen were able to contribute to the running of printing and bookselling businesses.Brian Richardson is Professor of Italian Language at the University of Leeds. His publications include Print Culture in Renaissance Italy: The Editor and the Vernacular Text, 1470-1600 (1994), Printing, Writers and Readers in Renaissance Italy (1999), Manuscript Culture in Renaissance Italy (2009) and editions of 16th-century texts on Italian linguistics. He is currently leading a project on oral culture in relation to manuscript and print in early modern Italy. http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast138139.mp3 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 BST 01:14:44 2012 Panizzi Lectures 3: Acquiring Books http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast138140.html The British Library How did women of all social classes get access to books as their owners and readers? This final lecture examines a variety of means through which women could gain possession of books, including commissions of manuscripts, purchases, gifts and inheritance, and borrowing from other members of their communities.Brian Richardson is Professor of Italian Language at the University of Leeds. His publications include Print Culture in Renaissance Italy: The Editor and the Vernacular Text, 1470-1600 (1994), Printing, Writers and Readers in Renaissance Italy (1999), Manuscript Culture in Renaissance Italy (2009) and editions of 16th-century texts on Italian linguistics. He is currently leading a project on oral culture in relation to manuscript and print in early modern Italy. http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast138140.mp3 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 BST 01:20:01 2011 Series: Money and Readers http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast123709.html The British Library The Publication of Plays in Eighteenth-Century London: Playwrights, Publishers, and the Market: Lecture 1 In their first Panizzi lecture Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume addressed the issues of what plays cost and who could afford to buy them.An underlying problem is comparative buying power: a shilling to buy a play quarto does not sound like much, but what did that price mean in terms of incomes in this period? http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast123709.mp3 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 BST 01:12:20 2011 Series: Playwrights http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast123710.html The British Library The Publication of Plays in Eighteenth-Century London: Playwrights, Publishers, and the Market: Lecture 2 The second lecture by Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume focussed on writers of plays. How much did playwrights earn from publishing their plays, and how important a part of their income did publication provide? What were the alternatives to outright sale of copyright? More broadly, how feasible was earning a living by writing plays? http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast123710.mp3 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 BST 01:17:19 2010 Series: Industry, Fashion, and Pettifogging Drivellers http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast117438.html The British Library London Booksites: Places of Printing and Publication before 1800 by Professor James Raven: Lecture 3 'London Booksites: Places of Printing and Publication before 1800', written and delivered by Professor James RavenView the slides (PDF)Lecture 3: 'Industry, Fashion, and Pettifogging Drivellers, introduced by David PearsonThe 2010 series of lectures offers fresh perspectives on the early modern and 18th-century book trade in England. London dominated this industry, but relatively little has been known about the commercial environments in which books were published. Recorded in the Conference Centre on 10 November 2010 http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast117438.mp3 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT 00:54:09 2010 Series: Versatility and the Gloomy Stores of History http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast117436.html The British Library London Booksites: Places of Printing and Publication before 1800 by Professor James Raven: Lecture 2 'London Booksites: Places of Printing and Publication before 1800', written and delivered by Professor James RavenLecture 2: 'Versatility and the Gloomy Stores of History', introduced by David PearsonView the slides (PDF)The 2010 series of lectures offers fresh perspectives on the early modern and 18th-century book trade in England. London dominated this industry, but relatively little has been known about the commercial environments in which books were published. Recorded in the Conference Centre on 3 November 2010 http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast117436.mp3 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT 00:44:07 2010 Series: Antient Shops and Conversible Men http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast117316.html The British Library London Booksites: Places of Printing and Publication before 1800 by Professor James Raven: Lecture 1 'London Booksites: Places of Printing and Publication before 1800', written and delivered by Professor James Raven. Lecture 1: 'Antient Shops and Conversible Men', introduced by David PearsonView the slides (PDF)The 2010 series of lectures offers fresh perspectives on the early modern and 18th-century book trade in England. London dominated this industry, but relatively little has been known about the commercial environments in which books were published. Recorded in the Conference Centre on 27 October 2010 http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast117316.mp3 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT 00:57:31