The Broadview Introduction to Book History - Softcover

Michelle Levy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554810876 ISBN 13: 9781554810871

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2017

Synopsis

Book history has emerged in the last twenty years as one of the most important new fields of interdisciplinary study. It has produced new interpretations of major historical events, has made possible new approaches to history, literature, media, and culture, and presents a distinctive historical perspective on current debates about the future of the book. The Broadview Introduction to Book History provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to this field. Written in a lively, accessible style, chapters on materiality, textuality, printing and reading, intermediality, and remediation guide readers through numerous key concepts, illustrated with examples from literary texts and historical documents produced across a wide historical range. An ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in book history, it offers a road map to this dynamic inter-disciplinary field.|This straightforward, current, and engaging guide is meant to accompany The Broadview Reader in Book History.

About this title

About the Author

Michelle Levy is Professor of English at Simon Fraser University.

Tom Mole is Reader in English Literature and Director of the Centre for the History of the Book at the University of Edinburgh.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1554810876
• ISBN 13: 9781554810871
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256