UNA APROXIMACIÓN COMPARADA A LA IMPRENTA POPULAR DEL SIGLO XVIII EN ESPAÑA E INGLATERRA: AGUSTÍN LABORDA Y CLUER DICEY

Abstract

This article aims to carry out a comparative approach between the Spanish «literatura de cordel» and the English street literature in the 18th century. It analyzes the professional careers of two of the most important printers in the production of «pliegos sueltos» and chapbooks: Cluer Dicey and Agustín Laborda. Besides studying their publishing strategies, the article aims to analyze the kind of prints they published, in order to establish similitudes and differences between the Spanish and English popular print culture.

Keywords

• Popular literature
• popular print culture
• literatura de cordel
• pliegos sueltos
• chapbooks