Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850

This book explores a new approach to the study of writing, through the concept of the 'graphosphere'. It presents a comprehensive interpretative guide to forms of writing in Russia across four centuries, and a test case for comparative study of graphospheres elsewhere.

List of contents

1. Concepts and contexts; 2. Production in the graphosphere, I: primary writing; 3. Production in the graphosphere, II: secondary writing; 4. Scripts and languages of the graphosphere; 5. Places and times of the graphosphere; 6. Aspects of the ecology of the graphosphere; 7. Aspects of authority and status in the graphosphere; 8. (In)conclusion.

About the author

Simon Franklin is Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950-1300 (Cambridge, 2002), and has edited, with Emma Widdis, National Identity in Russian Culture (Cambridge, 2004); and, with Katherine Bowers, Information and Empire: Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600–1854 (2017).

Summary

This book explores a new approach to the study of writing, through the concept of the 'graphosphere'. It presents a comprehensive interpretative guide to forms of writing in Russia across four centuries, and a test case for comparative study of graphospheres elsewhere.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Franklin, Simon (University of Cambridge) Franklin, Franklin Simon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108716901
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71690-1
• No. of pages: 430
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Russian, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600