Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending
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There is a longstanding confusion of Johann Fust, Gutenberg's one-time business partner, with the notorious Doctor Faustus. The association is not surprising to Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, for from its very early days the printing press was viewed by some as black magic. For the most part, however, it was welcomed as a "divine art" by Western churchmen and statesmen. Sixteenth-century Lutherans hailed it for emancipating Germans from papal rule, and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812222164
ISBN13:9780812222166
Release Date:September 2012
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.38 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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