| Reading Books: Essays on the Material Text and Literature in America Contributor(s): Moylan, Michele (Editor), Stiles, Lane (Editor), Winship, Michael (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1558490639 ISBN-13: 9781558490635 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1997 Annotation: This collection of original essays explores the relationship between publishing and literature in America. "Right at the leading edge of scholarship on the history of the book". -- William Gilmore-Lehne |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishers & Publishing Industry - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.9 |
| LCCN: 96008322 |
| Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.97" W x 9.17" (1.23 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 binding styles of Ticknor and Fields, and the packaging of literature for American high Schools., reviewing a previous edition or volume |