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OverviewBook 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and remediation guide readers through numerous key concepts, illustrated with examples from literary texts and historical documents produced across a wide historical range.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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michelle Levy , Tom MolePublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.289kg ISBN: 9781554810871ISBN 10: 1554810876 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 April 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Materiality Reading Books Bibliography Making Printed Books Typography Chapter 2: Textuality Whose been tampering with my text? Copy-text Variants Authorial Intentions Textual Pluralism Chapter 3: Printing and Reading Print and the Book The Impact of Print Models for Book History Print Economies Controlling Print / Controlling Reading Methods for a History of Reading Chapter 4: Intermediality Models of Intermediality Orality and Writing Manuscript and Print Text and Image Chapter 5: New Media, New Materiality (Hyper)textuality Digital Printing and Screen Reading Reading, Knowledge, and the Digital Turn Works cited Chronology Glossary Further ReadingReviewsThis is a lucid and compendious introduction-suitable for undergraduates, graduate students, and more advanced scholars-to the production and dissemination of printed books, with a substantial concluding chapter on digital textuality and the co-existence of printed and digital books. A particular strength of BIHB is that it approaches its subject from multiple perspectives: historical, technological, and theoretical. Its purview not only extends across the `four epochs' of the book-from the development of the manuscript codex to the arrival of the digital `media ecology'-but includes materials and techniques used in printing texts and images, the physical aspects of the book (essential information for bibliographical description), the evolution of reading practices, different schools of bibliographical and editorial theory (very useful in teaching students how to use scholarly editions critically), and the impact of digitization on publication and reading. Throughout the emphasis is on processes of mediation, reminding students that the relationship between writer and reader is always conditioned by technological, economic, and ideological factors, regardless of the textual medium. -Nicholas Halmi, University of Oxford -This introduction to the still emerging and expanding field of book history is timely, welcome, and a delight to read. This lucid and nuanced overview of the discipline is the perfect introduction for students interested in the possibilities of book history and a welcome synthesis of new directions in scholarship, including intermediality--orality and writing, manuscript and print--and the remediations accompanying developments in digital media and its textuality and reading practices.- --Margaret J.M. Ezell, Texas A&M University -Remarkably concise, this substantive volume provides a very useful introduction to concepts and issues relevant to the study of book history. The authors offer an overview of work in materiality, textuality, bibliography, production, and readership, as well as current debates on digitization and distant reading. This will be exceptionally useful for introducing students and scholars at all levels to the field of book history.- --Johanna Drucker, University of California, Los Angeles -This is a lucid and compendious introduction that approaches its subject from multiple perspectives. Its purview includes printed texts and images, production and dissemination, the physical aspects of the book, the evolution of reading practices, different schools of bibliographical and editorial theory, and the impact of digitization. Throughout, the emphasis is on processes of mediation, reminding readers that the relationship between writer and reader is always conditioned by technological, economic, and ideological factors, regardless of the textual medium.- --Nicholas Halmi, University of Oxford This is a lucid and compendious introduction-suitable for undergraduates, graduate students, and more advanced scholars-to the production and dissemination of printed books, with a substantial concluding chapter on digital textuality and the co-existence of printed and digital books. A particular strength of BIHB is that it approaches its subject from multiple perspectives: historical, technological, and theoretical. Its purview not only extends across the 'four epochs' of the book-from the development of the manuscript codex to the arrival of the digital 'media ecology'-but includes materials and techniques used in printing texts and images, the physical aspects of the book (essential information for bibliographical description), the evolution of reading practices, different schools of bibliographical and editorial theory (very useful in teaching students how to use scholarly editions critically), and the impact of digitization on publication and reading. Throughout the emphasis is on processes of mediation, reminding students that the relationship between writer and reader is always conditioned by technological, economic, and ideological factors, regardless of the textual medium. -Nicholas Halmi, University of Oxford Author InformationMichelle 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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