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The Reader in the Book: A Study of Spaces and Traces (Oxford Textual Perspectives)
Stephen Orgel
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Description for The Reader in the Book: A Study of Spaces and Traces (Oxford Textual Perspectives)
Hardcover. The Reader in the Book examines the history, archaeology, and sociology of the use of margins and other blank spaces in early modern books to shed light on reading practices, how books were read, and what early modern readerse wanted texts to tell them. Series: Oxford Textual Perspectives. Num Pages: 192 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
The Reader in the Book is concerned with a particular aspect of the history of the book, an archeology and sociology of the use of margins and other blank spaces. One of the most commonplace aspects of old books is the fact that people wrote in them, something that, until very recently, has infuriated modern collectors and librarians. But these inscriptions constitute a significant dimension of the book's history, and what readers did to books often added to their value. Sometimes marks in books have no relation to the subject of the book, merely names, dates, prices paid; blank spaces ... Read more
The Reader in the Book is concerned with a particular aspect of the history of the book, an archeology and sociology of the use of margins and other blank spaces. One of the most commonplace aspects of old books is the fact that people wrote in them, something that, until very recently, has infuriated modern collectors and librarians. But these inscriptions constitute a significant dimension of the book's history, and what readers did to books often added to their value. Sometimes marks in books have no relation to the subject of the book, merely names, dates, prices paid; blank spaces ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Oxford Textual Perspectives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198737568
SKU
V9780198737568
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About Stephen Orgel
Stephen Orgel is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor in the Humanities at Stanford. He has published widely on the political and historical aspects of Renaissance literature, theater, and art history. He has taught at Harvard, Berkeley and Johns Hopkins, and has been visiting professor at universities throughout the world. In addition to his eight books, he has edited Ben Jonson's ... Read more
Reviews for The Reader in the Book: A Study of Spaces and Traces (Oxford Textual Perspectives)
This instructive study affords a compelling example of Stephen Orgel's archaeology of reading, whereby investigation of early inscriptions in the margins and other blank spaces of books contributes greatly to our understanding of the sociology and history of reading.
John N. King, Renaissance Quarterly
good value ... a study of early modern marginalia but also
the bit ... Read more
John N. King, Renaissance Quarterly
good value ... a study of early modern marginalia but also
the bit ... Read more