The Perils of Print Culture: Book, Print and Publishing History in Theory and Practice / by Jason McElligott ; edited by E. Patten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McElligott, Jason., Author.

Contributor:

Patten, E., Editor.

Series:

New Directions in Book History, 2634-6125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction.

Literature, Modern--19th century.

Literature, Modern.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600.

European literature.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Fiction Literature.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Literary Theory.

Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.

European Literature.

Cultural History.

Local Subjects:

Fiction Literature.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Literary Theory.

Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.

European Literature.

Cultural History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays illustrates various pressures and concerns-both practical and theoretical-related to the study of print culture. Procedural difficulties range from doubts about the reliability of digitized resources to concerns with the limiting parameters of 'national' book history.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; 1 The Perils of Print Culture: An Introduction; 2 The Practice of Book and Print Culture: Sources, Methods, Readings; 3 'Pretious treasures made cheap'? The Real Cost of Reading Roman History in Early Modern England; 4 Early Printed Liturgical Books and the Modern Resources That Describe Them: The Case of the Hereford Breviary, 1505; 5 'Lacking Ware, withal': Finding Sir James Ware among the Many Incarnations of his Histories

6 Balancing Theoretical Models and Local Studies: The Case of William St Clair and Copyright in Ireland7 The Impact of Print in Ireland, 1680-1800: Problems and Perils; 8 Signs of the Times? Reading Signatures in Two Late Seventeenth-Century Secret Histories; 9 Dangerous Detours: The Perils of Victorian Periodicals in the Digitised Age; 10 Nineteenth-Century Print on the Move: A Perilous Study of Translocal Migration and Print Skills Transfer; 11 The Problem with Libraries: The Case of Thomas Marshall's Collection of English Civil War Printed Ephemera

12 The 'Lesser' Dürer? Text and Image in Early Modern Broadsheets13 'Fair Forms' and 'Withered Leaves': The Rose Bud and the Peculiarities of Periodical Print; 14 'Print Culture' and the Perils of Practice; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349490554

1349490555

9781137415325

1137415320