Bibliography and the sociology of texts
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Word Count
17,500 words, Guess
Page Count
70 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1960851M
- ISBN-100712300856
- OCLC Control Number48137973
- OCLC Control Number14905368
- OCLC Control Number28295343
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number90191822
- LibraryThing106435
Classifications
- LCCZ1001 .M398 1986
Description
"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"--Publisher's description.
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Series Statement
- The Panizzi lectures ;
Other Editions
- Bibliography and the sociology of texts
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