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The Book Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (University of Virginia)

The Book By Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (University of Virginia)

The Book by Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (University of Virginia)

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Summary

Tracing the history of the book throughout the world from ancient times to the present day, this reference draws on the widely acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book. It contains 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 new articles in one affordable volume. This is a treasure-trove for anyone wanting to learn more about the history of the book.

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The Book: A Global History by Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (University of Virginia)

A concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 brand new chapters in one affordable volume. The 54 chapters introduce readers to the fascinating world of book history. Including 21 thematic studies on topics such as writing systems, the ancient and the medieval book, and the economics of print, as well as 33 regional and national histories of 'the book', offering a truly global survey of the book around the world, the Oxford History of the Book is the most comprehensive work of its kind. The three new articles, specially commissioned for this spin-off, cover censorship, copyright and intellectual property, and book history in the Caribbean and Bermuda. All essays are illustrated throughout with reproductions, diagrams, and examples of various typographical features. Beautifully produced and hugely informative, this is a must-have for anyone with an interest in book history and the written word.

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As a collection of essays, this will be of immense use. * David McKitterick, Library & Information History *
we should be thankful for the wealth of information that this book contains * Adrian Johns, Isis *

About Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (University of Virginia)

Michael F. Suarez S.J. is Professor and Director of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. Formerly the J. A. Kavanaugh Professor of English at Fordham University in New York and Fellow and Tutor in English at Campion Hall, Oxford, he is co-editor of The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Volume 5, 1695-1830 (2009) and co-general editor of The Collected Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins, 8 vols (2006- ). H. R. Woudhuysen is Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. He has edited The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse (1992), with David Norbrook; Love's Labour's Lost (1998) and, with Katherine Duncan-Jones, Shakespeare's Poems (2007) for the Arden Shakespeare third series. His book Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts, 1558-1640 was published in 1996.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; WRITING SYSTEMS; THE SACRED BOOK; THE ANCIENT BOOK; THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN BYZANTIUM; THE EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL BOOK; THE EUROPEAN PRINTING REVOLUTION; THE BOOK AS SYMBOL; THE TRANSMISSION OF JEWISH KNOWLEDGE THROUGH MSS & PRINTED BOOKS; MISSIONARY PRINTING; PAPER; THE TECHNOLOGIES OF PRINT; THE ECONOMICS OF PRINT; CENSORSHIP; COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; THE MANUSCRIPT AFTER THE COMING OF PRINT; PRINTED EPHEMERA; CHILDREN'S BOOKS; THE HISTORY OF ILLUSTRATION AND ITS TECHNOLOGIES; BOOKBINDING; THEORIES OF TEXT, EDITORIAL THEORY, AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM; THE ELECTRONIC BOOK; BRITAIN, C. 1475-1800; BRITAIN, 1801-1914; BRITAIN FROM 1914; IRELAND; FRANCE; THE LOW COUNTRIES; GERMANY; SWITZERLAND; THE NORDIC COUNTRIES; THE IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MODERN GREECE, C. 1453-2000; AUSTRIA; HUNGARY; CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA; POLAND; THE BALTIC STATES; SLAVONIC BOOK IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE, AND BELARUS; THE BALKANS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; THE MUSLIM WORLD; THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; CHINA; KOREA; JAPAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA (1): THE ISLANDS; SOUTHEAST ASIA (2): THE MAINLAND; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; LATIN AMERICA; CANADA; AMERICA; WEST INDIES/CARIBBEAN

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GOR006136425
9780199679416
019967941X
The Book: A Global History by Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (University of Virginia)
Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (University of Virginia)
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Oxford University Press
2013-10-24
768
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