Symbolic Caxton
Subtitle: Literary Culture and Print Capitalism
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: January 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780268033170
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Printing & reprographic technology; c 1500 to c 1600; Literary Criticism; Technology & Industrial Arts; Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; General; Book industries and trade; Books and reading; England; History; Origin and antecedents; Printing; To 1500
Description: "Symbolic Caxton is the first study to explore the introduction of printing in symbolic terms. For William Kuskin, William Caxton (1422-1491/92), the first English printer, becomes a unique lens through which to view the development of the English canon. Kuskin contends that recognizing the fundamental complexity inherent in the transformation from manuscript to print - the power of literature to formulate its audience, the intimacy of capital and communication, the closeness of commodities and identity - makes possible a clear understanding of the way cultural, bibliographical, financial, and technological instruments intersect in a process of symbolic reproduction."--BOOK JACKET.