Print Cultures

A Reader in Theory and Practice

Caroline Davis, Caroline Davis

• Editorial: Bloomsbury Academic
• Año: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781349930517
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Literature
• Categoría: Literary Criticism History & Theory

This reader is the most comprehensive selection of key texts on twentieth and twenty-first century print culture yet compiled. Illuminating the networks and processes that have shaped reading, writing and publishing, the selected extracts also examine the effect of printed and digital texts on society. Featuring a general introduction to contemporary print culture and publishing studies, the volume includes 42 influential and innovative pieces of writing, arranged around themes such as authorship, women and print culture, colonial and postcolonial publishing and globalisation. Offering a concise survey of critical work, this volume is an essential companion for students of literature or publishing with an interest in the history of the book.

Índice

• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• Part One Publishing: Theory and Practice
• Part Two Authorship
• Part Three Readership and the Literary Marketplace
• Part Four Censorship and Print Culture
• Part Five Books, Propaganda and War
• Part Six Colonial and Postcolonial Print Culture
• Part Seven Women and Print Culture
• Part Eight Literary Prize Culture
• Part Nine Globalisation and the Book
• Works Cited
• Notes
• Index