Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts - Softcover

McKenzie, D. F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052164495X ISBN 13: 9780521644952

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

In Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts, D. F. McKenzie shows how the material form of texts crucially determines their meanings. He unifies the principal interests of both critical theory and textual scholarship to demonstrate that, as all works of lasting value are reproduced, re-edited and re-read, they take on different forms and meanings. By witnessing the new needs of their new readers these new forms constitute vital evidence for any history of reading. McKenzie shows this is true of all forms of recorded information, including sound, graphics, films, representations of landscape and the new electronic media. The bibliographical skills first developed for manuscripts and books can, he shows, be applied to a wide range of cultural documents. This book, which incorporates McKenzie's classic work on orality and literacy in early New Zealand, offers a unifying concept of texts that seeks to acknowledge their variety and the complexity of their relationships.

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Book Description:

D. F. McKenzie shows how the material form of texts crucially determine our understanding. As works are reproduced and re-read, they take on different forms and meanings. Bibliographical skills can, McKenzie demonstrates, be applied to a wide range of cultural documents, including sound, graphics, films, landscape and new electronic media.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 052164495X
• ISBN 13: 9780521644952
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140