A Companion to the History of the Book

Simon Eliot 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2011년 08월 24일 출간

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From the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of the electronic text, this Companion provides a continuous and coherent account of the history of the book. Makes use of illustrative examples and case studies of well-known textsWritten by a group of expert contributorsCovers topical debates, such as the nature of censorship and the future of the book

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List of Illustrations viiiNotes on Contributors xIntroduction 1Simon Eliot and Jonathan RosePart I Methods and Approaches 71 Why Bibliography Matters 9T. H. Howard-Hill2 What is Textual Scholarship? 21David Greetham3 The Uses of Quantifi cation 33Alexis Weedon4 Readers: Books and Biography 50Stephen ColcloughPart II The History of the Material Text 63The World before the Codex 655 The Clay Tablet Book in Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia 67Eleanor Robson6 The Papyrus Roll in Egypt, Greece, and Rome 84Cornelia RoemerThe Book beyond the West 957 China 97J. S. Edgren8 Japan, Korea, and Vietnam 111Peter Kornicki9 South Asia 126Graham Shaw10 Latin America 138Hortensia Calvo11 The Hebraic Book 153Emile G. L. Schrijver12 The Islamic Book 165Michael AlbinThe Codex in the West 400&n-2000 17713 The Triumph of the Codex: The Manuscript Book before 1100 179Michelle P. Brown14 Parchment and Paper: Manuscript Culture 1100&n-1500 194M. T. Clanchy15 The Gutenberg Revolutions 207Lotte Hellinga16 The Book Trade Comes of Age: The Sixteenth Century 220David J. Shaw17 The British Book Market 1600&n-1800 232John Feather18 Print and Public in Europe 1600&n-1800 247Rietje van Vliet19 North America and Transatlantic Book Culture to 1800 259Russell L. Martin III20 The Industrialization of the Book 1800&n-1970 273Rob Banham21 From Few and Expensive to Many and Cheap: The British Book Market 1800-1890 291Simon Eliot22 A Continent of Texts: Europe 1800&n-189

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"This companion will provide a sound point of reference for situation the book, whatever it may yet become, in its proper historical and sociological context." (Australian Academic Research Libraries, March 2010)"This is a must-have volume for anyone (or any library) with an interest in the history of books and book culture." (Libraries the Cultural Record, Winter 2009)"This book has many uses for book historians as a reflection of the field now, in its present state." (Library Quarterly, May 2009)"Eliot and Rose have produced a definitive survey to which specialists as well as lay readers will find themselves returning frequently for information and analytical insight." (SHARP News, Winter 2008)"Eliot and Rose have recruited some exceptional contributors.... The round-the-world coverage also makes for an enjoyable and dippable compendium." (Times Literary Supplement, November 2008)"The considerable learning distilled in these pages is worn lightly and the result is a volume that will appeal to experts and non-specialists alike. It will also prove to be a valuable teaching resource." (Zeitschrift fur Anglistik and Amerilanistik, October 2008)"A Companion to the History of the Book provides a wealth of information to readers of all levels in a well laid out and written volume." (The Bonefolder, Autumn 2008)"Academic libraries with any kind of interest in the history of the book or the history of publishing will want this 'companion' on their shelves." (Publishing Research Quarterly, July 2008)"As a stimulating overview of the multidimensional present state of the field, the Companion has no peer. Recommended." (CHOICE)"An exceptional resource for anyone working in fields such as literature, history, cultural studies or media studies&m-to name a few. Drawing on a large group of experts, Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose have compiled a

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저자(글) Simon Eliot

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Simon Eliot is Professor of the History of the Book in the Institute of English Studies, part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies. He is General Editor of the new multivolume History of Oxford University Press and editor of the journal Publishing History. His publications include Literary Cultures and the Material Book (2007) and Some Patterns and Trends in British Publishing, 1800~1919 (1994).Jonathan Rose is Professor of History at Drew University. He was the founding president of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing and is co-editor of the journal Book History. His publications include The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (2001), The Holocaust and the Book: Destruction and Preservation (2001), and British Literary Publishing Houses, 1820~1965 (1991).