An Introduction to Book HistoryAn Introduction to Book History provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the development of the book and print culture. David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery chart the move from spoken word to written texts, the coming of print, the book as commodity, the power and profile of readers, and the future of the book in the electronic age. Each section begins with a summary of the chapter's aims and contents, followed by a detailed discussion of the relevant issues, concluding with a summary of the chapter and suggestions for further reading. Sections include:
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... nature versus evil urban life . It has become a wildly successful film trilogy ( with a ' prequel ' of The Hobbit planned for release in 2006 ) , a vehicle for expansion in visual culture , part of a global media industry . The book ...
... nature can be studied from all sorts of angles : from looking at its original state as a manuscript to the finished product ; from finding out the nature of those who read it and how they read it ; from seeing it from the perspective of ...
... nature due to the development of a literate , reading public , moving from being used as a cultural tool meant to be read by one to many , to a process that often directed its results to individual , solitary readers . Finally , the ...
... nature of reading , drawing on the insights of Wolfgang Iser into the individual act and of Stanley Fish into its social nature . Chapter 7 tackles the rumors of the death of the book by examining four factors that may play the greatest ...
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Contents
Theorizing the history of the book | 7 |
From orality to literacy | 28 |
The coming of print | 44 |
Authors authorship and authority | 66 |
Printers booksellers publishers agents | 85 |
Readers and reading | 100 |
The future of the book | 118 |
Conclusion | 133 |
Glossary | 137 |
Notes | 141 |
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An Introduction to Book History David Finkelstein,Alistair McCleery,Professor Alistair McCleery Limited preview - 2005 |