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Making Meaning: "Printers of the Mind" and Other Essays (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
D. F. McKenzie
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Description for Making Meaning: "Printers of the Mind" and Other Essays (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
Paperback. This volume, edited by two of McKenzie's former students, brings together a wide range of his writings on bibliography, the book trade and the "sociology of texts". Editor(s): McDonald. Peter D. (Fellow, St Hugh's College, University of Oxford); Suarez S.J., Michael F. (Fordham University, USA). Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
The greatest bibliographer of our time, was how historian Robert Darnton described D.F. McKenzie. Yet until now many of McKenzie's major essays, scattered in specialist journals and inaccessible publications, have circulated mainly in tattered photocopies. This volume, edited by two of McKenzie's former students, brings together a wide range of his writings on bibliography, the book trade and the ""sociology of texts"". Selected by the author himself before his sudden death in 1999, the essays range from the material transmission of Shakespeare's plays in the 17th century to the connections among oral, manuscript and print cultures. ""Making Meaning"" reflects McKenzie's ... Read more
The greatest bibliographer of our time, was how historian Robert Darnton described D.F. McKenzie. Yet until now many of McKenzie's major essays, scattered in specialist journals and inaccessible publications, have circulated mainly in tattered photocopies. This volume, edited by two of McKenzie's former students, brings together a wide range of his writings on bibliography, the book trade and the ""sociology of texts"". Selected by the author himself before his sudden death in 1999, the essays range from the material transmission of Shakespeare's plays in the 17th century to the connections among oral, manuscript and print cultures. ""Making Meaning"" reflects McKenzie's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558493360
SKU
V9781558493360
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