Bibliography and the sociology of texts /
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-r...
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| Author / Creator: | McKenzie, D. F. (Donald Francis) |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Panizzi lectures ; 1985 Panizzi lectures ; 1985. |
| Subject: | Bibliography, Critical -- Social aspects. Transmission of texts -- Social aspects. Criticism, Textual -- Social aspects. Communication -- Social aspects. Knowledge, Sociology of. REFERENCE. Bibliography, Critical -- Social aspects. Communication -- Social aspects. Criticism, Textual -- Social aspects. Knowledge, Sociology of. Transmission of texts -- Social aspects. Electronic books. Electronic books. |
| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11113804 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | First work originally published: London : British Library, ©1986. 2nd work originally published in The library, 6th series, 6, December 1984. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 051100799X 9780511007996 9780521642583 0521642582 9780521644952 052164495X 0712300856 9780712300858 |