The Rhetoric of the Page by Laurie Maguire

The Rhetoric of the Page by Laurie Maguire

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A readable account of the book as an object: a history of the page as well as a history of the book. Drawing an arc from the medieval scriptorium to googlebooks, this volume shows the creative and playful opportunities blank spaces on the page afforded readers and writers.

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The Rhetoric of the Page by Laurie Maguire

A readable account of the book as an object: a history of the page as well as a history of the book. Drawing an arc from the medieval scriptorium to googlebooks, this volume shows the creative and playful opportunities blank spaces on the page afforded readers and writers.
The lively nature of The Rhetoric of the Page, which packages thorough and impressively wide-ranging bibliographical research and theoretically rich ideas into an impressively engaging and readable volume* Anna Reynolds, The Spenser Review *
Laurie Maguire is Professor of Shakespeare at Oxford University and a Tutorial Fellow of Magdalen College. She is the author or co-author of ten books and fifty articles. She writes about Renaissance drama, classical reception, textual studies and medical humanities. She is a Trustee of Shakespeare's Globe. She was joint-winner of the 2014 Hoffman prize for her collaborative article with Emma Smith on Marlowe and Shakespeare.
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ISBN 13 9780198862109
ISBN 10 0198862105
Title The Rhetoric of the Page
Author Laurie Maguire
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2020-11-05
Number of pages 320
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