Order Nr. 138386 READING BOOKS: ESSAYS ON THE MATERIAL TEXT AND LITERATURE IN AMERICA. Michele Moylan, Lane Stiles.

READING BOOKS: ESSAYS ON THE MATERIAL TEXT AND LITERATURE IN AMERICA.

  • Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, (1996).
  • small 8vo.
  • paperback
  • xii, 288 pages.

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Order Nr. 138386

First paperback edition. Minor foxing to top edge, else a clean copy.

Nine essays on the relationships between textual meaning and textual materiality. The book as physical artifact as well as cultural work is discussed, with publishing, collecting, subscription books, newspapers, and literature for high schools some of the topics covered. Well-illustrated with photographs, drawings and facsimiles. Includes a lengthy introduction by the editors, and index. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.