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Reading Books: Essays on the Material Text and Literature in America
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Paperback. These essays examine the ways in which the material qualities of books profoundly affect how they have been read and understood. Included are chapters on the reception of Dante's works in America, the binding styles of Ticknor and Fields and the packaging of literature for American high schools. Editor(s): Moylan, Michele; Stiles, Lane. Series: Studies in Print Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFC; KNTP; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
This collection takes as its point of departure the proposition that one can, in fact, tell a book by its cover. The contributors examine the ways in which the material qualities of books―including typography, paper, bindings, layout , and promotional copy―as well as their editing, production, and distribution profoundly affect how they have been read and understood.
The volume includes essays on the publishing history of Melville's early novels, Twain's The Innocents Abroad, the Tauchnitz edition of Hawthornes's The Marble Faun, and Jackson's Romona. Other chapters examine the reception of Dante's works in America, Houghton Mifflin's biographical series, the ... Read more
This collection takes as its point of departure the proposition that one can, in fact, tell a book by its cover. The contributors examine the ways in which the material qualities of books―including typography, paper, bindings, layout , and promotional copy―as well as their editing, production, and distribution profoundly affect how they have been read and understood.
The volume includes essays on the publishing history of Melville's early novels, Twain's The Innocents Abroad, the Tauchnitz edition of Hawthornes's The Marble Faun, and Jackson's Romona. Other chapters examine the reception of Dante's works in America, Houghton Mifflin's biographical series, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press Amherst
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Print Culture
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558490635
SKU
V9781558490635
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Ref
99-15
About Winship
Michele Moylan is an independent scholar. Lane Stiles is senior editor at Mid-List Press in Minneapolis and teaches in the composition program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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