Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts

Name: Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts
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ISBN: 9780521644952

ISBN-10: 052164495X

ISBN-13: 9780521644952

Edition: 1999

Authors: D. F. McKenzie

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In Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts, D. F. McKenzie shows how the material form of texts crucially determines their meanings. He unifies the principal interests of both critical theory and textual scholarship to demonstrate that, as all works of lasting value are reproduced, re-edited and re-read, they take on different forms and meanings. By witnessing the new needs of their new readers these new forms constitute vital evidence for any history of reading. McKenzie shows this is true of all forms of recorded information, including sound, graphics, films, representations of landscape and the new electronic media. The bibliographical skills first developed for manuscripts and books…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/16/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 140
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English



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Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts


The Sociology of a text: oral culture, literacy, and print in early New Zealand