Bibliography and the sociology of texts
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-r...
| Main Author: | McKenzie, D. F. |
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| Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Panizzi lectures ;
1985. |
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| Summary: |
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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| Item Description: |
First work originally published: London : British Library, ©1986. 2nd work originally published in The library, 6th series, 6, December 1984. Includes bibliographical references. Bibliography and the sociology of texts -- The sociology of a text. 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. English. Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco. Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco Academic. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
051100799X 9780511007996 9780521642583 0521642582 9780521644952 052164495X 1107116503 9781107116504 1280162732 9781280162732 9786610162734 6610162735 0511117388 9780511117381 0511149735 9780511149733 0511302029 9780511302022 0511483228 9780511483226 0511051778 9780511051777 |