Offering a status report and theoretically nuanced update on the traditions and medium of the book, this study highlights some of the most radical experiments in the book's history as trials in what the author terms the 'prevailing operating system' at play within the fields of …
"A splendid addition to the now-long list of Professor Sussman's admirable books."--J. HILLIS MILLER, University of California, Irvine. "Henry Sussman is an incisive, original, and thought-provoking scholar. As Around the Book; Systems and Literacy eloquently demonstrates, he a…
Offering a status report and theoretically nuanced update on the traditions and medium of the book, this study highlights some of the most radical experiments in the book's history as trials in what the author terms the 'prevailing operating system' at play within the fields of …
"A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century. Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component …
Introduction: Home Improvements -- How to Read -- Reading and Sociability -- Using Books -- Access to Reading -- Verse at Home -- Drama and Recital -- Fictional Worlds -- Piety and Knowledge -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index "A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an e…
"A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century. Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component …
A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century. Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component o…
"A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century. Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component …