The Uses of Script and Print, 1300–1700
出版时间:
2010-12
ISBN:
9780521172707
定价:
313.20
装帧:
平装
开本:
其他
纸张:
其他
页数:
314页
正文语种:
英语
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This2003volumebuildsuponthewideninginterestintheconnectionsbetweencultureandcommunicationinmedievalandearlymodernEurope.FocusingonEngland,ittakesacriticallookatthescholarlyparadigmoftheshiftfromscripttoprint,exploringthepossibilitiesandlimitationsofthesemediaasvehiclesofinformationandmeaning.Theessaysexaminehowpenandthepresswereusedinthespheresofreligion,law,scholarship,andpolitics.Theyassessscribalactivitybothbeforeandaftertheadventofprinting,illuminatingitsroleinrecordingandtransmittingpolemical,literary,antiquarianandutilitariantexts.Theyalsoinvestigatescriptandprintinrelationtothespokenword,emphasisingtheconstantinteractionandsymbiosisofthesethreemedia.Insum,thiscollectionhelpedtorefinetheboundariesbetweenculturesofspeech,manuscriptandprint,andtoreconsiderthehistoricalfissureswhichtheyhavecometorepresent. JuliaCrickisSeniorLecturerinHistory,UniversityofExeter.AlexandraWalshamisSeniorLecturerinHistory,UniversityofExeter.--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.
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内容简介:
This2003volumebuildsuponthewideninginterestintheconnectionsbetweencultureandcommunicationinmedievalandearlymodernEurope.FocusingonEngland,ittakesacriticallookatthescholarlyparadigmoftheshiftfromscripttoprint,exploringthepossibilitiesandlimitationsofthesemediaasvehiclesofinformationandmeaning.Theessaysexaminehowpenandthepresswereusedinthespheresofreligion,law,scholarship,andpolitics.Theyassessscribalactivitybothbeforeandaftertheadventofprinting,illuminatingitsroleinrecordingandtransmittingpolemical,literary,antiquarianandutilitariantexts.Theyalsoinvestigatescriptandprintinrelationtothespokenword,emphasisingtheconstantinteractionandsymbiosisofthesethreemedia.Insum,thiscollectionhelpedtorefinetheboundariesbetweenculturesofspeech,manuscriptandprint,andtoreconsiderthehistoricalfissureswhichtheyhavecometorepresent.
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作者简介:
JuliaCrickisSeniorLecturerinHistory,UniversityofExeter.AlexandraWalshamisSeniorLecturerinHistory,UniversityofExeter.--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.
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