Dreaming in Books: The Making of the Bibliographic Imagination in the Romantic Age Tapa dura - 2009 - 1st Edición

University of Chicago Press, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. clean, unmarked copy.

The University of Chicago Press, The University of Chicago Press. 2009, XV,303pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. "At the opening of the nineteenth century, publishing houses in London, New York, Paris, Stuttgart, and Berlin produced books in ever greater numbers. But it was not just the advent of mass printing that created the era's 'bookish' culture. According to Andrew Piper, romantic writers played a crucial role in adjusting readers to this increasingly international and overflowing literary environment. Learning how to use and want books occurred through more than the technological, commercial, or legal conditions that made the growing proliferation of books possible; the making of such bibliographic fantasies was importantly a product of the symbolic operations contained within books as well. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated books, as well as the communities who made them, Dreaming in Books tells a… Leer más

University of Chicago Press, 2009. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New. At the opening of the nineteenth century, publishing houses in London, New York, Paris, Stuttgart, and Berlin produced books in ever greater numbers. But it was not just the advent of mass printing that created the era's 'bookish' culture. According to Andrew Piper, romantic writers played a crucial role in adjusting readers to this increasingly international and overflowing literary environment. Learning how to use and want books occurred through more than the technological, commercial, or legal conditions that made the growing proliferation of books possible; the making of such bibliographic fantasies was importantly a product of the symbolic operations contained within books as well. 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… Leer más

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2009. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 303 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.