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Contents 6 Figures 10 Abbreviations 11 Introduction: Early Modern Paratexts to Ovid’s Metamorphoses 12 1 The Material Text 14 2 Material Reception 22 3 Printing Ovid’s Metamorphoses in the Low Countries 27 4 Research Corpus 33 5 Analytical Approach and Structure of This Book 37 Chapter 1 The Title Page: Creating Commercial Credibility 41 1 The Commercial Value of the Early Modern Title Page 42 2 Textual and Visual Self-Representation 47 2.1 The Rhetoric of the Imprint 47 2.1.1 The Place of Production as an Advertisement 48 2.1.2 A Local Rhetoric 50 2.1.3 Creating International Prestige 53 2.2 The Symbolic Power of the Printer’s Mark 56 3 The Textual and Visual Presentation of the Edition 59 3.1 The Rhetoric of the Title Formula 60 3.1.1 Typography as a Rhetorical Device 61 3.1.2 A Showcase of Critical Tools and Editing 62 3.1.3 The Value of Name-Dropping 66 3.1.4 The Rhetoric of Announcing Illustrations 70 3.2 Visual Presentation of the Edition 73 3.2.1 The Tradition of Mythology 74 3.2.2 The Role of Visual Imagery in a Christian Context 76 4 Conclusions 79 Chapter 2 The Front Matter: Responses to Criticism of Ovid 82 1 Paratextual Functions of the Preface and Dedication 83 2 Count

Author

John Tholen;

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