Old Books and New Histories: An Orientation to Studies in Book and Print Culture

(Part of the Studies in Book and Print Culture Series)

by Leslie Howsam

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Studies in the culture and history of the book are a burgeoning academic specialty. Intriguing, rigorous, and vital, they are nevertheless rooted within three major academic disciplines - history, literary studies, and bibliography - that focus respectively upon the book as a cultural transaction, a literary text, and a material artefact. Old Books and New Histories serves as a guide to this rich but sometimes confusing territory, explaining how...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0802094384

ISBN13:9780802094384

Release Date:September 2006

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:128 Pages

Weight:0.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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