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OverviewDuring the eighteenth century there was a growing interest in recording, listing and documenting the world, whether for personal interest and private consumption, or general record and the greater good. Such documentation was done through both the written and printed word. Each genre had its own material conventions and spawned industries which supported these practices. This volume considers writing and printing in parallel: it highlights the intersections between the two methods of communication; discusses the medium and materiality of the message; considers how writing and printing were deployed in the construction of personal and cultural identities; and explores the different dimensions surrounding the production, distribution and consumption of private and public letters, words and texts during the eighteenth-century. In combination the chapters in this volume consider how the processes of both writing and printing contributed to the creation of cultural identity and taste, assisted in the spread of knowledge and furthered personal, political, economic, social and cultural change in Britain and the wider-world. This volume provides an original narrative on the nature of communication and brings a fresh perspective on printing history, print culture and the literate society of the Enlightenment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Caroline Archer-Parré (Faculty of Art, Design & Media, Birmingham City University (United Kingdom)) , Malcolm Dick (Arts Building, University of Birmingham (United Kingdom))Publisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Liverpool University Press Volume: 10 ISBN: 9781802078800ISBN 10: 1802078800 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 October 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction, Caroline Archer-Parré and Malcolm Dick 1. The Growth of Copperplate Script: Joseph Champion and The Universal Penman, Nicolas Barker 2. Authorship in script and print: the example of engraved handwriting manuals of the eighteenth century, Giles Bergel 3.Writing and the preservation of cultural identity: the penmanship manuals of Zaharija Orfelin, Persida Lazarević Di Giacomo 4. ‘The most beautiful hand’: John Byrom and the aesthetics of shorthand, Timothy Underhill 5. An Archaeology of the Letter Writing: the correspondence of aristocratic women in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, Ruth Larsen 6. Private pleasures and portable presses: do-it-yourself printers in the eighteenth-century, Caroline Archer-Parré 7. Performance and print culture: two eighteenth-century actresses and their image control, Joanna Jarvis 8. Script, print, and the public/private divide: Sir David Ochterlony’s dying words, Callie Wilkinson 9. Identity, enigma, assemblage: John Baskerville’s Vocabulary, or Pocket Dictionary, Lynda Muggleston 10. Marigolds not manufacturing: plants, print and commerce in eighteenth-century Birmingham, Elaine Mitchell 11. Tourist Experience and the Manufacturing Town: James Bisset’s Magnificent Directory of Birmingham, Jenni Dixon 12. Forging an identity on the periphery of the Enlightenment: Malta in print in the eighteenth-century, Robert Thake 13. Perceptions of England: the production and reception of English theatrical publications in Germany and the Netherlands during the eighteenth century, Emil Rybczak 14. Print Culture and Distribution: Circulating the Federalist Papers in post-Revolutionary America, Peter Pellizzari 15. The serif-less letters of John Soane, Jon Melton Notes on the Contributors IndexReviewsAn intelligently constructed volume; a fine collection that is both readable and enjoyable. Professor Aileen Douglas, School of English, Trinity College Dublin 'The general editors of the series... hope that these publications will further promote further innovative and an interdisciplinary approach to global eighteenth-century studies... Their aim has certainly been achieved in Pen, Print and Communication, a well-produced, enlightening, and attractively illustrated volume.' Rory T Cornish, Journal of British Studies 'Highly recommended as an introduction to the important topic of the rich and complex roles of handwriting and print in the social and cultural melting-pot of the eighteenth century.' John Hinks, Midland History """An intelligently constructed volume; a fine collection that is both readable and enjoyable."" Professor Aileen Douglas, School of English, Trinity College Dublin 'The general editors of the series… hope that these publications will further promote further innovative and an interdisciplinary approach to global eighteenth-century studies... Their aim has certainly been achieved in Pen, Print and Communication, a well-produced, enlightening, and attractively illustrated volume.' Rory T Cornish, Journal of British Studies 'Highly recommended as an introduction to the important topic of the rich and complex roles of handwriting and print in the social and cultural melting-pot of the eighteenth century.' John Hinks, Midland History" Author InformationCaroline Archer-Parré is Professor of Typography at Birmingham City University, Director of the Centre for Printing History & Culture and Chairman of the Baskerville Society. She is the author of The Kynoch Press, 1876-1982: the anatomy of a printing house, (British Library, 2000); Paris Underground (MBP, 2004); and Tart cards: London’s illicit advertising art (MBP, 2003). Caroline is currently Co-investigator on the AHRC-funded project, ‘Letterpress Printing: past, present, future’. Malcolm Dick is Director of the Centre for West Midlands History at the University of Birmingham. He directed two history projects in Birmingham between 2000 and 2004: the Millennibrum Project, which created a multi-media archive of post-1945 Birmingham history and Revolutionary Players which produced an online resource of the history of the West Midlands region. Malcolm has published books on Joseph Priestley, Matthew Boulton and the history of Birmingham and co-directs the Centre for Printing History & Culture. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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