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Zusatztext In The Mind of the Book Fowler has presented us with a detailed but lucid schooling in the history and characteristics of the title page, and a reminder of some of the continuities that, while not always easy to recognize, link the earliest printed books to those of our own age. Informationen zum Autor Alastair Fowler is Regius Professor Emeritus of Edinburgh University, and was previously Professor of English at the University of Virginia. For many years he divided his time between the United States and Britain, where he now lives. His publications include an annotated edition of Paradise Lost (1968); Kinds of Literature (1982); Renaissance Realism (2003); and Literary Names (2012). Klappentext Alastair Fowler presents a fascinating study of title-pages printed in England from the early modern era to the nineteenth century, exploring their place in the History of the Book for the first time. He illuminates key features of title-page design and presents 16 illustrations of significant title-pages with commentaries, from Chaucer to Dickens. Zusammenfassung Alastair Fowler presents a fascinating study of title-pages printed in England from the early modern era to the nineteenth century, exploring their place in the History of the Book for the first time. He illuminates key features of title-page design and presents 16 illustrations of significant title-pages with commentaries, from Chaucer to Dickens. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Historical setting Borders Architectural structures Portraits Printers' devices Emblems Chronograms Compartments Later history Plates and commentaries Geffray Chaucer, Workes (1532) Great Bible (1539) John Dee, General and Rare Memorials (1577) John Harington, Orlando Furioso (1591) Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion (1612, 1622) Ben Jonson, The Workes (1616) Francis Bacon, Instauratio Magna (1620) Robert Herrick, Hesperides (1648) Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) Francis Barlow, Aesop's Fables (1666) Edward Sherburne, The Sphere of M. Manilius (1673) Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man (1733) John Baskerville, Virgil's Works (Birmingham, 1757) Thackeray, The Rose and the Ring (1855) Charles Dickens, Edwin Drood (1870) Geoffrey Chaucer, Works (1896) ...
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Alastair Fowler presents a fascinating study of title-pages printed in England from the early modern era to the nineteenth century, exploring their place in the History of the Book for the first time. He illuminates key features of title-page design and presents 16 illustrations of significant title-pages with commentaries, from Chaucer to Dickens.
