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Old Books And New Histories
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Author : Leslie Howsam
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2006-09-16
Old Books And New Histories written by Leslie Howsam and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-16 with History categories.
Studies in the culture and history of the book are a burgeoning academic specialty. Intriguing, rigorous, and vital, they are nevertheless rooted within three major academic disciplines - history, literary studies, and bibliography - that focus respectively upon the book as a cultural transaction, a literary text, and a material artefact. Old Books and New Histories serves as a guide to this rich but sometimes confusing territory, explaining how different scholarly approaches to what may appear to be the same entity can lead to divergent questions and contradictory answers. Rather than introduce the events and turning points in the history of book culture, or debates among its theorists, Leslie Howsam uses an array of books and articles to offer an orientation to the field in terms of disciplinary boundaries and interdisciplinary tensions. Howsam's analysis maps studies of book and print culture onto the disciplinary structure of the North American and European academic world. Old Books and New Histories is also an engaged statement of the historical perspective of the book. In the final analysis, the lesson of studies in book and print culture is that texts change, books are mutable, and readers ultimately make of books what they need.
Old Books And New Histories
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Author : Leslie Howsam
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Old Books And New Histories written by Leslie Howsam and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with History categories.
Studies in the culture and history of the book are a burgeoning academic specialty. Intriguing, rigorous, and vital, they are nevertheless rooted within three major academic disciplines - history, literary studies, and bibliography - that focus respectively upon the book as a cultural transaction, a literary text, and a material artefact. Old Books and New Histories serves as a guide to this rich but sometimes confusing territory, explaining how different scholarly approaches to what may appear to be the same entity can lead to divergent questions and contradictory answers. Rather than introduce the events and turning points in the history of book culture, or debates among its theorists, Leslie Howsam uses an array of books and articles to offer an orientation to the field in terms of disciplinary boundaries and interdisciplinary tensions. Howsam's analysis maps studies of book and print culture onto the disciplinary structure of the North American and European academic world. Old Books and New Histories is also an engaged statement of the historical perspective of the book. In the final analysis, the lesson of studies in book and print culture is that texts change, books are mutable, and readers ultimately make of books what they need.
New Histories For Old
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Author : Theodore Binnema
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
New Histories For Old written by Theodore Binnema and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Social Science categories.
Scholarly depictions of the history of Aboriginal people in Canada have changed dramatically since the 1970s when Arthur J. ("Skip") Ray entered the field. New Histories for Old examines this transformation while extending the scholarship on Canada's Aboriginal history in new directions. This collection combines essays by prominent senior historians, geographers, and anthropologists with contributions by new voices in these fields. The chapters reflect themes including Native struggles for land and resources under colonialism, the fur trade, "Indian" policy and treaties, mobility and migration, disease and well-being, and Native-newcomer relations.
A Companion To The History Of The Book
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Author : Simon Eliot
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-08-24
A Companion To The History Of The Book written by Simon Eliot and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
A COMPANION TO THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK A COMPANION TO THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK Edited by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose “As a stimulating overview of the multidimensional present state of the field, the Companion has no peer.” Choice “If you want to understand how cultures come into being, endure, and change, then you need to come to terms with the rich and often surprising history Of the book ... Eliot and Rose have done a fine job. Their volume can be heartily recommended. “ Adrian Johns, Technology and Culture 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. A team of expert contributors draws on the latest research in order to offer a cogent, transcontinental narrative. Many of them use illustrative examples and case studies of well-known texts, conveying the excitement surrounding this rapidly developing field. The Companion is organized around four distinct approaches to the history of the book. First, it introduces the variety of methods used by book historians and allied specialists, from the long-established discipline of bibliography to newer IT-based approaches. Next, it provides a broad chronological survey of the forms and content of texts. The third section situates the book in the context of text culture as a whole, while the final section addresses broader issues, such as literacy, copyright, and the future of the book. Contributors to this volume: Michael Albin, Martin Andrews, Rob Banham, Megan L Benton, Michelle P. Brown, Marie-Frangoise Cachin, Hortensia Calvo, Charles Chadwyck-Healey, M. T. Clanchy, Stephen Colclough, Patricia Crain, J. S. Edgren, Simon Eliot, John Feather, David Finkelstein, David Greetham, Robert A. Gross, Deana Heath, Lotte Hellinga, T. H. Howard-Hill, Peter Kornicki, Beth Luey, Paul Luna, Russell L. Martin Ill, Jean-Yves Mollier, Angus Phillips, Eleanor Robson, Cornelia Roemer, Jonathan Rose, Emile G. L Schrijver, David J. Shaw, Graham Shaw, Claire Squires, Rietje van Vliet, James Wald, Rowan Watson, Alexis Weedon, Adriaan van der Weel, Wayne A. Wiegand, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén.
The Cambridge Companion To The History Of The Book
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Author : Leslie Howsam
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015
The Cambridge Companion To The History Of The Book written by Leslie Howsam and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
An accessible and wide-ranging study of the history of the book within local, national and global contexts.
Victorian Jesus
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Author : Ian Hesketh
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2017-01-01
Victorian Jesus written by Ian Hesketh and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Anonymous writings, English categories.
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue-The Forgotten Story of Ecce Homo -- Chapter One-Authority and Authorship -- Chapter Two-By the Author of Essays on the Church -- Chapter Three-Father and Son -- Chapter Four-The Victorian Jesus -- Chapter Five-A Dangerous Book -- Chapter Six-Vomited from the Jaws of Hell -- Chapter Seven-A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing -- Chapter Eight-Shrewd Conjecture -- Chapter Nine-White Lies -- Chapter Ten-Behold the Man -- Chapter Eleven-Behold the Historian -- Chapter Twelve-Fulfilling a Promise -- Chapter Thirteen-By the Author of Ecce Homo -- Chapter Fourteen-Remembering the Author of Ecce Homo -- Epilogue-Anonymous Publishing and Universal History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Studies in Book and Print Culture
Religion And Greater Ireland
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Author : Colin Barr
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2015-11-01
Religion And Greater Ireland written by Colin Barr and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with Religion categories.
Impelled by economic deprivation at home and spiritual ambition abroad, nineteenth-century Irish clerics and laypeople reshaped the many sites where they came to pray, preach, teach, trade, and settle. So decisive was the role of religion in the worlds of Irish settlement that it helped to create a "Greater Ireland" that encompassed the entire English-speaking world and beyond. Rejecting the popular notion that the Irish were passive victims of imperial oppression, Religion and Greater Ireland demonstrates how religion opened up a vast world to exploit. The religious free market of the United States and the British Empire provided an opportunity and a level playing-field in which the Irish could compete and thrive. Contributors to this collection show how the Irish of all denominations contributed to the creation and extension of Greater Ireland through missionary and temperance societies, media, and the circulation of people, ideas, and material culture around the world. Essays also detail the diverse experiences of Irish immigrants, whether they were Catholics or Protestants, clergy or laypeople, women or men, in sites of settlement and mission including the United States, Canada, South Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland itself. Seeking to illuminate the interconnections and commonalities of the Irish migrant experience, Religion and Greater Ireland provides fascinating insight into the range of influences that Ireland’s religions have had on the world beyond the British Isles.
Printing Arab Modernity
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Author : Hala Auji
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-05-30
Printing Arab Modernity written by Hala Auji and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-30 with Art categories.
Printing Arab Modernity presents printed books and pamphlets as important sites for visual, material, and cultural analysis in nineteenth-century Beirut, during a time of an emerging Arab modernity.
Reading Communities From Salons To Cyberspace
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Author : DeNel Rehberg Sedo
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-08-25
Reading Communities From Salons To Cyberspace written by DeNel Rehberg Sedo and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reading is both a social process and a social formation, as this book illustrates across centuries and cultural contexts. Highlighting links evident in reading communities from literary salons to online environments, each essay reflects the rich repertoire of research methods available to reading scholars.
Books And Religious Devotion
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Author : Allan F. Westphall
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-02-05
Books And Religious Devotion written by Allan F. Westphall and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-05 with Literary Collections categories.
In Books and Religious Devotion, Allan Westphall presents a study of the book-collecting habits and annotation practices of Thomas Connary, an Irish immigrant farmer who lived in New Hampshire in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Connary led a pious life that revolved around the use, annotation, and sharing of religious books. His surviving annotated volumes provide a revealing glimpse into the utility of books for a common reader—and they show how one remarkable, eccentric reader turned religious books into near icons. Through a careful excavation of book adaptations and enhancements, Westphall gives us insight into the range of opportunities provided by the material book for recording and communicating Connary's religious fervor. The study also investigates the broader nineteenth-century cultural setting, in which books are seen as testimonies of personal faith and come to function as instruments of social interaction in both domestic and public spheres. Underlying Connary’s many and varied interactions with books is his belief that working in books, as physical objects, can be a devout exercise instrumental in human salvation.