Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts - Brossura

McKenzie, D. F.

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ISBN 10: 052164495X ISBN 13: 9780521644952

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Riassunto

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 can, he shows, be applied to a wide range of cultural documents. This book, which incorporates McKenzie's classic work on orality and literacy in early New Zealand, offers a unifying concept of texts that seeks to acknowledge their variety and the complexity of their relationships.

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D. F. McKenzie shows how the material form of texts crucially determine our understanding. As works are reproduced and re-read, they take on different forms and meanings. Bibliographical skills can, McKenzie demonstrates, be applied to a wide range of cultural documents, including sound, graphics, films, landscape and new electronic media.

Contenuti:

List of illustrations; Foreword; Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts; The Sociology of a text: oral culture, literacy, and print in early New Zealand.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 052164495X
• ISBN 13: 9780521644952
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 140