The Book History Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415226589 ISBN 13: 9780415226585

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

The Book History Reader brings together a rich variety of writings examining different aspects of the history of books and print culture, much of which is otherwise inaccessible. It looks at the development of the book, the move from spoken word to written texts, the commodification of books and authors, the power and profile of readers, and the future of the book in the electronic age. The Reader is arranged in thematic sections and features a general introduction as well as an introduction to each section.
This pioneering book is a valuable resource for all those involved in book publishing studies and book history as well as students of English literature, cultural studies, sociology and history.
Essays by: Thomas Adams and Nicholas Barker, Richard Altick, Roland Barthes, C.A. Bayly, Pierre Bourdieu, John Brewer, Michel de Certeau, Roger Chartier, Robert Darnton, Elizabeth Eisenstein, Lucien Febrve and Henri-Jean Martin, N.N. Feltes, Kate Flint, Stanley Fish, Michel Foucault, Wolfgang Iser, Adrian Johns, Jerome McGann, Don McKenzie, Jennifer E. Monaghan, Jan Dirk Muller, Walter Ong, Robert Patten, Janice Radway, Jonathan Rose, Mark Rose, John Sutherland, Jane Tompkins, James L.W. West III

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Review

""The Book History Reader can fairly claim to be the first comprehensive volume to bring such a variety of texts together. It has been thoughtfully selected and skillfully edited. It will surely appear on all student reading lists for courses related to the history of the book-a subject that has now fulfilled Darnton's prediction that it would establish itself 'alongside the history of science and the history of art in the canon of scholarly discipline'." -Paul Richardson, "The Times Higher Education Supplement ..."Superb...For those economically, intellectually, and emotionally married to print culture, the prospect of a new bride leaves us cold and nervous. No one knows what will come, but in "The Book History Reader... we can glimpse a world shaped by the digitalized word." -Jeremy Smith, "The Bay Guardian

Synopsis

The Book History Reader brings together a rich variety of writings examining different aspects of the history of books and print culture. It looks at the development of the book, the move from spoken word to written texts, the commodification of books and authors, the power and profile of readers, and the future of the book in the electronic age. The Reader is arranged in thematic sections and features a general introduction as well as an introduction to each section. This pioneering book is a valuable resource for all those involved in book publishing studies and book history as well as students of English literature, cultural studies, sociology and history. Thomas Adams and Nicolas Barker, Richard Altick, Roland Barthes, C. A. Bayly, Pierre Bourdieu, John Brewer, Michel de Cereau, Roger Chartier, Robert Darnton, Elizabeth Eisnestein, Lucien Febvre and

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415226589
• ISBN 13: 9780415226585
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: McCleery Alistair, Finkelstein David