A Bibliographic History Of The Book

Author : Roger Eliot Stoddard
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 027105221X
Total Pages : 833 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Bibliographical Description of Books and Pamphlets of American Verse Printed from 1610 Through 1820 written by Roger Eliot Stoddard and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bibliography of poetry composed in what is now the United States of America and printed in the form of books or pamphlets before 1821"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Nicholas J. Goetzfridt
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824860306
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guahan written by Nicholas J. Goetzfridt and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Goetzfridt’s work demonstrates the dynamics of history, each generation considering past events in light of current realities and contemporary understandings of the world. This volume, therefore, is important not simply because it provides us with an invaluable and substantial fount of references that will be supremely useful to teachers, scholars, and all enthusiasts of Mariana Islands history. Its importance lies also in its packaging as a resource for current and future generations to understand the changing face and contested space of Guam history." —from the Foreword by Anne Perez Hattori Blending bibliographic integrity with absorbing essays on a wide range of historical interpretations, Nicholas Goetzfridt offers a new approach to the history of Guam. Here is a treasure trove of ideas, historiographies, and opportunities that allows readers to reassess previously held notions and conclusions about Guam’s past and the heritage of the indigenous Chamorro people. Particular attention is given to Chamorro perspectives and the impact of more than four hundred years of colonial presences on Micronesia’s largest island. Extensive cross-references and generous but targeted samples of historical narratives compliment the bibliographic essays. Detailed Name and Subject Indexes to the book’s 326 entries cover accounts and interpretations of the island from Ferdinand Magellan’s "discovery" of Guahan ("Guam" in the Chamorro language) in 1521 to recent events, including the Japanese occupation and the American liberation of Guam in 1944. The indexes enable easy and extensive access to a bounty of information. The Place Index contains both large and localized geographic realms that are placed vividly in the context of these histories. An insightful Foreword by Chamorro scholar Anne Perez Hattori is included.

Author : Hugh Amory
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812203909
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bibliography and the Book Trades written by Hugh Amory and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh Amory (1930-2001) was at once the most rigorous and the most methodologically sophisticated historian of the book in early America. Gathered here are his essays, articles, and lectures on the subject, two of them printed for the first time. An introduction by David D. Hall sets this work in context and indicates its significance; Hall has also provided headnotes for each of the essays. Amory used his training as a bibliographer to reexamine every major question about printing, bookmaking, and reading in early New England. Who owned Bibles, and in what formats? Did the colonial book trade consist of books imported from Europe or of local production? Can we go behind the iconic status of the Bay Psalm Book to recover its actual history? Was Michael Wigglesworth's Day of Doom really a bestseller? And why did an Indian gravesite contain a scrap of Psalm 98 in a medicine bundle buried with a young Pequot girl? In answering these and other questions, Amory writes broadly about the social and economic history of printing, bookselling and book ownership. At the heart of his work is a determination to connect the materialities of printed books with the workings of the book trades and, in turn, with how printed books were put to use. This is a collection of great methodological importance for anyone interested in literature and history who wants to make those same connections.

Author : Anne S. Troelstra
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004343784
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bibliography of Natural History Travel Narratives written by Anne S. Troelstra and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this book Troelstra gives us a superb overview of natural history travel narratives. The well over four thousand detailed entries, ranging over four centuries and all major western European languages, are drawn from a wide range of sources and include both printed books and periodical contributions.

Author : Andrew Piper
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226669726
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dreaming in Books written by Andrew Piper and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated books, as well as the communities who made them, Dreaming in Books tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. In so doing, it shows how many of the most pressing modern communicative concerns are not unique to the digital age but emerged with a particular sense of urgency during the bookish upheavals of the romantic era. In revisiting the book's rise through the prism of romantic literature, Piper aims to revise our assumptions about romanticism, the medium of the printed book, and, ultimately, the future of the book in our so-called digital age."--Pub. desc.

Author : William Proctor Williams
Publisher : New York : Modern Language Association of America
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Bibliographical and Textual Studies written by William Proctor Williams and published by New York : Modern Language Association of America. This book was released on 1985 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Feather
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Book History written by John Feather and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Rosenblum
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810830097
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Bibliographic History of the Book written by Joseph Rosenblum and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...skillfully compiled...should be useful to anyone interested in placing his or her studies in the context of printed and bound literature..." --ENGLISH LITERATURE IN TRANSITION 1880-1920

Author : Ryan Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Fuller & the Sycamore Press written by Ryan Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1968, John Fuller's Sycamore Press was an important independently run press that published some of the most influential and critically acclaimed writers of the past half-century. In addition to publishing established authors, such as W. H. Auden, Philip Larkin, and Peter Porter, the press sought to promote young poets, many of whom have gone on to achieve great success. The Sycamore Press ceased operations in 1992, but it remains an excellent example of the unique qualities associated with the small press movement in England.John Fuller & the Sycamore Press: A Bibliographic History explores the press's rich history on several levels. In addition to a full descriptive bibliography of all Sycamore Press publications, the book also includes a foreword by John Fuller and transcript of an interview conducted with John Fuller on 31 March 2007. Supplementing the descriptive bibliography are numerous personal reflections written by Sycamore Press authors about John Fuller, the press, and the works it produced.

Author : JOSEPH A. DANE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780268204792
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Is a Book? written by JOSEPH A. DANE and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph A. Dane's What Is a Book? is an introduction to the study of books produced during the period of the hand press, dating from around 1450 through 1800. Using his own bibliographic interests as a guide, Dane selects illustrative examples primarily from fifteenth-century books, books of particular interest to students of English literature, and books central to the development of Anglo-American bibliography. Part I of What Is a Book? covers the basic procedures of printing and the parts of the physical book--size, paper, type, illustration; Part II treats the history of book-copies--from cataloging conventions and provenance to electronic media and their implications for the study of books. Dane begins with the central distinction between a "book-copy"--the particular, individual, physical book--and a "book"--the abstract category that organizes these copies into editions, whereby each copy is interchangeable with any other. Among other issues, Dane addresses such basic questions as: How do students, bibliographers, and collectors discuss these things? And when is it legitimate to generalize on the basis of particular examples? Dane considers each issue in terms of a practical example or question a reader might confront: How do you identify books on the basis of typography? What is the status of paper evidence? How are the various elements on the page defined? What are the implications of the images available in an online database? And, significantly, how does a scholar's personal experience with books challenge or conform to the standard language of book history and bibliography? Dane's accessible and lively tour of the field is a useful guide for all students of book history, from the beginner to the specialist.