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Contents Acknowledgements vii List of Figures ix Introduction: A Preface about Prefaces 1 1 The Printing House and Textual Patronage 23 2 "Complements of state": Pageants, Masques, and Prefaces 49 3 Women as Patrons of Drama 73 4 "It cannot avoid publishing": Marston and Colleagues 93 5 "I make thee my patron": Ben Jonson 119 6 The King's Men King's Men: Shakespeare and Folio Patronage 141 7 Thomas Heywood's Apology for Readers (1608-1638) 159 8 "Your noble construction": Textual Patronage in the 1630s 185 Epilogue: L'envoi 211 Appendix: Plays with Dedications/Addresses 215 Bibliography 229 Index 243
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
Authors and patrons -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Authors and patrons -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Drama -- Publishing -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Drama -- Publishing -- England -- History -- 16th century.
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
Literary patrons -- Great Britain.
Dedications.