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Reading Books This collection of original essays explores the relationship between publishing and literature in America. "Right at the leading edge of scholarship on the history of the book". -- William Gilmore-Lehne Full description
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These essays examine the ways in which the material qualities of books profoundly affect how they have been read and understood. Included are chapters on the reception of Dante's works in America, the binding styles of Ticknor and Fields and the packaging of literature for American high schools.
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Michele Moylan is an independent scholar.
Lane Stiles is senior editor at Mid-List Press in Minneapolis and teaches in the composition program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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- PublisherUniversity Massachusetts Press
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1558490639
- ISBN 13 9781558490635
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages296
- EditorMichele Moylan, Lane Stiles
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This collection takes as its point of departure the proposition that one can, in fact, tell a book by its cover. The contributors examine the ways in which the material qualities of booksincluding typography, paper, bindings, layout , and promotional copyas well as their editing, production, and distribution profoundly affect how they have been read and understood.The volume includes essays on the publishing history of Melville's early novels, Twain's The Innocents Abroad, the Tauchnitz edition of Hawthornes's The Marble Faun, and Jackson's Romona. Other chapters examine the reception of Dante's works in America, Houghton Mifflin's biographical series, the binding styles of Ticknor and Fields, and the packaging of literature for American high Schools., reviewing a previous edition or volume These essays examine the ways in which the material qualities of books profoundly affect how they have been read and understood. Included are chapters on the reception of Dante's works in America, the binding styles of Ticknor and Fields and the packaging of literature for American high schools. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781558490635
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