Pen, print and communication in the eighteenth century / edited by Caroline Archer-Parré and Malcolm Dick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Archer, Caroline, 1961- editor.

Dick, Malcolm, editor.

Series:

Eighteenth-century worlds.

Liverpool scholarship online.

Eighteenth-century worlds

Liverpool scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Written communication--History--18th century.

Written communication.

Printing--History--18th century.

Printing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 239 pages)

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2021.

Summary:

During the eighteenth century there was a growing interest in recording, listing and documenting the world, whether for personal interest and private consumption, or general record and the greater good. Such documentation was done through both the written and printed word. Each genre had its own material conventions and spawned industries which supported these practices. This volume considers writing and printing in parallel: it highlights the intersections between the two methods of communication; discusses the medium and materiality of the message; considers how writing and printing were deployed in the construction of personal and cultural identities; and explores the different dimensions surrounding the production, distribution and consumption of private and public letters, words and texts during the eighteenth-century.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 30, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-80034-150-4

1-78962-827-X