Printing Ausiàs March

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"The present book...argues that the interpretation of March's works shifted in the Renaissance with each change made on their materiality. These material changes, which were executed by readers, translators, and editors, will be the primary subject of the following chapters....At the same time, this study aims to illuminate the notoriety of a medieval author in the Spanish Renaissance. While minute attention will be paid to technical issues related to manuscripts copying and book printing, subsequent chapters will also examine the meaning of texts as a socially-constructed phenomenon....Following the example of some of Roger Chartier's later work...this study will combine a consideration of the technical and social conditions of the publication, circulation, and appropriation of March's poetry with an interpretation and commentary on his works....This book is divided into two parts....The first part is devoted to Juan Navarro's edition; the second, to Carles Amorós's. Each part argues that the editorial handling of March's poetry had the effect of conforming March's works to specific poetical qualities. These qualities, which slightly varied from one editorial project to the other, altered the ways in which March's poems could be read."--Introduction, p. 12-13.