Printer''s Devil - Mark Twain and the American Publishing Revolution

Zusatztext "Astonishingly capacious and meticulous and! as a material history of print and image reproduction and distribution! [it] is a remarkable achievement." Informationen zum Autor Bruce Michelson is Professor of English and Director of the Campus Honors Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is author of Literary Wit and Mark Twain on the Loose: A Comic Writer and the American Self! among other books. Klappentext "In this fascinating study! we see a great 19th-century writer grappling with such 21st-century concerns as the challenge of authenticity in a world of ubiquitous duplication! the meaning authorship in an age of celebrity! the role of words and texts in a world ceaselessly bombarded by visual images! and the struggle to simultaneously exploit and contain the power of new technologies. Michelson sets Twain's often playful interrogation in fiction of new cultural forms such as the interview or the "chromo" against the backdrop of changes in publishing and print media that brought these forms into existence. Printer's Devil will interest anyone who cares about Mark Twain or the history of print culture in America."-Shelley Fisher Fishkin! author of Lighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture " A major contribution to Mark Twain studies and! more broadly! to an understanding of American culture."-Gregg Camfield! author of The Oxford Companion to Mark Twain Zusammenfassung Mark Twain often thought about typeset words as powerful forces. He wrote about the printing press as a center of metaphysical power. Studying these themes in Mark Twain's writings, this work also offers an overview of technological changes that transformed American printing and publishing industries during Twain's lifetime. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface 1. Samuel Clemens and the Printed Word 2. The Mischief of the Press 3. "But Now Everybody Goes Everywhere" 4. Huckleberry Finn and the American Print Revolution 5. Mark Twain and the Information Age Afterword: Mark Twain for the Next Fifteen Minutes Notes Bibliography Permissions Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Michelson, Michelson Bruce
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780520247598
• ISBN: 978-0-520-24759-8
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, English, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Social History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Industrialisation and industrial history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form