출판문화와 근대적 작가의식 토머스 내쉬의 헌사와 서문들을 중심으로|RISS 상세보기

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper aims to construct early modern authorial consciousness represented in Thomas Nashe`s dedicatory letters and inductions, especially relation with the new print culture that has flourished in the 1590s. Prefatory letters of published books are the only means by which the author can communicate with the readers, thereby trying to control and manipulate the readers to his/her own interest. All ten extant works of Nashe`s except his only play Summer`s Last Will and Testament have prefatory letters, and those of eight works except An Almond for a Parrot, not included in The Complete Works of Thomas Nashe, are studied here. Many material and economic contexts are to be considered to represent Nshe`s authorial consciousness, such as the social status of professional writers, the history and material conditions of the print industry, the copyright of the books, and the “stigma of print.” Also, the appropriation of the classical rhetoric of prefatory letters by early modern professional writers, the relation between the patronage system and the print market, and the way that the readers are reached through prefatory matters are to be studied to understand Nashe`s early modern authorial consciousness. Nashe`s dedications show his ambivalent and dubious attitude to the patronage system, ranging from downright disappointment and ridicule to the traditional trope of humility and expectation. In works where he apparently expected a certain recompense, he uses the classical trope of compliment, while he makes it clear that this is a sort of contract negotiated between two partners. On the other hand, in the works with mock dedications, Nashe shows explicit resentment toward the patrons who refused to support his much deserved works and ridicules the patrons and the patronage system. In the letters to the readers, Nashe tries to educate and persuade the anonymous readers to appreciate and read his works properly, revealing his ambivalent attitude to the customers of the book market. In the letters to the readers, Nashe shows off his pride in his artistry and his market power, while he also reveals his doubt and fear about the unreachable and anonymous mass readers who are an unprecedented phenomenon in literature. Thus through the prefatory letters of his eight extant works, Nashe shows how the professional author constructed his authority and authorial consciousness in the rapidly changing material and socioeconomic history of early modern England.

번역하기

참고문헌 (Reference)

1 Per Sevefors, "Underplayed Rivalry: Patronage and the Marlovian Subtext of Summer’s Last Will and Testamant" Nordic Journal of English Studies 4 (1) : 69 ~, 2005

2 Jonathan Crew, "The Unredeemed Rhetoric: Thomas Nashe and the Scandal of Authorship" Johns Hopkins UP : 69 ~, 1982

3 J. B. Steane, "The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works" Penguin Books, 1972

4 J. W. Saunders, "The Stigma of Print: A Note on the Social Bases of Tudor Poetry" Essays in Criticism 1 : 141 ~, 1951

5 Alexander Halasz, "The Marketplace of Print: Pamphlets and the Public Sphere in Early Modern England" Cambridge UP : 39 ~, 1997

6 Alexander B. Grosart, "The Complete Works of Thomas Nashe, 6 Volumes" Cornell University Library, 2012

7 Steve Mentz, "The Age of Thomas Nashe: Text. Bodies and Trespasses of Authorship in Early Modern England" Ashgate : 1 ~ 10, 2013

8 Margaret J. M. Ezell, "Social Authorship and the Advent of Print" Johns Hopkins UP : 13 ~, 1999

9 Steve Mentz, "Romance for Sale in Early Modern England: The Rise of Prose Fiction" Ashgate : 1 ~, 2006

10 Georgia E. Brown, "Redefining Elizabethan Literature" Cambridge UP : 55 ~, 2004