Print Cultures: A Reader in Theory and Practice (Hardcover) by Caroline Davis

ISBN: 9780230280908 Condition: New Hard cover Language: English Intended for college/higher education audience. This reader is the most comprehensive selection of key texts on twentieth and twenty-first century print culture yet compiled.

Illuminating the networks and processes that have shaped reading, writing and publishing, the selected extracts also examine the effect of printed and digital texts on society. Featuring a general introduction to contemporary print culture and publishing studies, the volume includes 42 influential and innovative pieces of writing, arranged around themes such as authorship, women and print culture, colonial and postcolonial publishing and globalisation.

Offering a concise survey of critical work, this volume is an essential companion for students of literature or publishing with an interest in the history of the book.