Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts

Brand: Cambridge University Press

Author: McKenzie, D. F.

Color: Black

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 140

EAN: 9780521644952

Release Date: 16-09-1999

Languages: English

Binding: Paperback

Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches

Details: D.F. McKenzie shows how the material form of texts crucially determine their meanings. He demonstrates that as works are reproduced and reread, they take on different forms and meanings. This is true of all forms of recorded information, McKenzie claims, including sound, graphics, films, landscape and 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 offers a unifying concept of texts that seeks to acknowledge their variety and the complexity of their relationships.