Gutenberg and the impact of printing
By: Stephan Füssel ; translated from the German by Douglas Martin.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468; Printers -- Germany -- Biography; Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents
Genres: Biography.
Description: "From typefounding through typesetting to the printing process itself, this narrative offers a fresh look at the unprecedented success story of the spread of the "black art" right across Europe in a mere 40 years. Stephan Fussel here analyses the earliest printings, placing them in the context of the history of communication and the intellectual climate of a Europe-wide educated elite by about 1500. He foregrounds the tremendous rise in European culture and the history of education experienced as a direct result of this media revolution." "Stephan Fussel traces the modern resonances of Gutenberg's invention, which persisted in virtually unchanged from for a further 350 years. It underwent decisive technological change through industrialisation and mechanisation in the nineteenth century, and again through digitalisation at the close of the twentieth century. However, as Fussel shows, the mass diffusion of information and the related communication revolution which began with Gutenberg continue unabated."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index.
Originally published in German under the title: Gutenberg und seine Wirkung. Frankfurt am Main : Insel, 1999.