New Directions in Book History

Partington, G.; Smyth, A.

This rich and varied collection of essays by scholars and interviews with artists approaches the fraught topic of book destruction from a new angle, setting out an alternative history of the cutting, burning, pulping, defacing and tearing of books from the medieval period to our own age.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349474554

DOI: 10.1057/9781137367662

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 216