Book Parts by Dennis Duncan, Adam Smyth
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Description A bold and imaginative volume on the constituent elements of the Book, from the pre-print era through to the digital. The twenty-two chapters written by an international team delve into all elements of the book from title pages to endpapers, from dust jackets to indices, and everything else in between.
Publisher Description
What would an anatomy of the book look like? There is the main text, of course, the file that the author proudly submits to their publisher. But around this, hemming it in on the page or enclosing it at the front and back of the book, there are dozens of other texts ED page numbers and running heads, copyright statements and errata lists ED each possessed of particular conventions, each with their own lively histories. To consider these paratexts ED recalling themfrom the margins, letting them take centre stage ED is to be reminded that no book is the sole work of the author whose name appears on the cover; rather, every book is the sum of a series ofcollaborations. It is to be reminded, also, that not everything is intended for us, the readers. There are sections that are solely directed at others ED binders, librarians, lawyers ED parts of the book that, if they are working well, are working discreetly, like a theatrical prompt, whispering out of the audience's ear-shot Book Parts is a bold and imaginative intervention in the fast growing field of book history: it pulls the book apart. Over twenty-twochapters, Book Parts tells the story of the components of the book: from title pages to endleaves; from dust jackets to indexes ED and just about everything in between. Book Parts covers a broad historical range thatruns from the pre-print era to the digital, bringing together the expertise of some of the most exciting scholars working on book history today in order to shine a new light on these elements hiding in plain sight in the books we all read.
Author Biography
Dennis Duncan is writer, translator, and lecturer in English at University College, London, and was formerly a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, then Munby Fellow in Bibliography at Cambridge. His research interests include book history, translation, and avant-garde literature, particularly French groups like the Oulipo and the Collège de 'Pataphysique. His most recent books include Index, A History of the(Penguin, 2021) and The Oulipo and Modern Thought (Oxford University Press, 2019). Adam Smyth is Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book at Balliol College, Oxford. His most recent books include MaterialTexts in Early Modern England (Cambridge University Press, 2018); Autobiography in Early Modern England (Cambridge University Press, 2010); A History of English Autobiography (edited, Cambridge University Press, 2016); and Book Destruction from the Medieval to the Contemporary (edited with Gill Partington, Palgrave, 2014). He is the co-editor of Routledge's book series Material Readings in Early Modern Culture. He also enjoys discussing his work beyond the academy: hewrites regularly for the London Review of Books, and has appeared on TV and radio in the UK and abroad. Adam Smyth is the co-host of the literary discussion podcast and radio show, Litbits.
Details ISBN 019888544X ISBN-13 9780198885443 Title Book Parts Author Dennis Duncan, Adam Smyth Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 352 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:158536278; About Us
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