The geography of the book is as old as the history of the book, though far less thoroughly explored. Yet research has increasingly pointed to the spatial dimensions of book history, to the transformation of texts as they are made and moved from place to place, from authors to re…
Geographies of the book
Bringing together a multidisciplinary and international team of leading scholars, and illustrated by original empirical material, this work provides a timely synthesis to the geographies of the book, and advances new perspectives on how this area of research should be approached.
Geographies of the book
While it is divided into three main sections, this book makes clear that the relationships between the making of books in certain geographical contexts, the movement of books (epistemologically as well as geographically), and the reception of and reaction to books are complex.
While it is divided into three main sections, this book makes clear that the relationships between the making of books in certain geographical contexts, the movement of books (epistemologically as well as geographically), and the reception of and reaction to books are complex.
Reading communities from salons to cyberspace
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 av…