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Dreaming in Books
Andrew Piper
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Description for Dreaming in Books
Paperback. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated volumes, as well as the communities who made them, this title tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
At the turn of the nineteenth century, publishing houses in London, New York, Paris, Stuttgart, and Berlin produced books in ever greater numbers. But it was not just the advent of mass printing that created the era's "bookish" culture. According to Andrew Piper, romantic writing and writers played a crucial role in adjusting readers to this overflowing literary environment - learning how to use and to want books was importantly a product of the symbolic operations contained within books. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated volumes, as well as the communities who made them, Dreaming in Books ... Read more
At the turn of the nineteenth century, publishing houses in London, New York, Paris, Stuttgart, and Berlin produced books in ever greater numbers. But it was not just the advent of mass printing that created the era's "bookish" culture. According to Andrew Piper, romantic writing and writers played a crucial role in adjusting readers to this overflowing literary environment - learning how to use and to want books was importantly a product of the symbolic operations contained within books. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated volumes, as well as the communities who made them, Dreaming in Books ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226103518
SKU
V9780226103518
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About Andrew Piper
Andrew Piper teaches German and European literature at McGill University.
Reviews for Dreaming in Books
"Andrew Piper has written a book about the nineteenth century's romance with books, looking at the many ways in which the physical character of a book and its illustrations shaped a reader's avidity. Piper's scholarly history is fueled by a bookish ardor-you can feel the love that went into his footnotes. This writer's thinking comes straight out of the long ... Read more