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Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts
D. F. McKenzie
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Hardback. A major study of the principles of bibliography by one of the world's foremost scholars of the discipline. Num Pages: 140 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 283.
In Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts, D. F. McKenzie shows how the material form of texts crucially determines their meanings. He unifies the principal interests of both critical theory and textual scholarship to demonstrate that, as all works of lasting value are reproduced, re-edited and re-read, they take on different forms and meanings. By witnessing the new needs of their new readers these new forms constitute vital evidence for any history of reading. McKenzie shows this is true of all forms of recorded information, including sound, graphics, films, representations of landscape and the new electronic media. The bibliographical ... Read more
In Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts, D. F. McKenzie shows how the material form of texts crucially determines their meanings. He unifies the principal interests of both critical theory and textual scholarship to demonstrate that, as all works of lasting value are reproduced, re-edited and re-read, they take on different forms and meanings. By witnessing the new needs of their new readers these new forms constitute vital evidence for any history of reading. McKenzie shows this is true of all forms of recorded information, including sound, graphics, films, representations of landscape and the new electronic media. The bibliographical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521642583
SKU
V9780521642583
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