The Resource The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making, Adrian Johns
The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making, Adrian Johns
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The item The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making, Adrian Johns represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- In The Nature of the Book, Adrian Johns transports his readers back to early modern England and the cauldron of creative and commercial forces in which print culture was formed. His uncanny eye for detail allows us to visit booksellers' shops and the Royal Society, paper manufactories and type foundries. We can eavesdrop on the often-bitter disputes between authors and printers, printers and booksellers, clerics and intellectuals as they debate and resolve the meaning and rights attached to the creation of ideas, their appearance in written form and then in print, and the opportunity to sell, buy, and read printed work. Johns focuses on the interplay between the scientific and print revolutions and on their roles, both complementary and antagonistic, in the production and dissemination of knowledge
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxi, 753 p.
- Contents
-
- 1. Introduction: The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book
- 2. Literatory Life: The Culture and Credibility of the Printed Book in Early Modern London
- 3. "The Advancement of Wholesome Knowledge": The Politics of Print and the Practices of Propriety
- 4. John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy: Republicanism, Natural Knowledge, and the Politics of Printing
- 5. Faust and the Pirates: The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution
- 6. The Physiology of Reading: Print and the Passions
- 7. Piracy and Usurpation: Natural Philosophy in the Restoration
- 8. Histories of the Heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica
- 9. Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780226401225
- Label
- The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making
- Title
- The nature of the book
- Title remainder
- print and knowledge in the making
- Statement of responsibility
- Adrian Johns
- Subject
-
- Books -- Europe -- History
- England -- Intellectual life
- Europe -- Intellectual life
- Printing -- Social aspects -- England -- History
- Printing -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History
- Books -- England -- History
- Science -- Europe -- History
- Science publishing -- England -- History
- Science publishing -- Europe -- History
- Transmission of texts
- Science -- England -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In The Nature of the Book, Adrian Johns transports his readers back to early modern England and the cauldron of creative and commercial forces in which print culture was formed. His uncanny eye for detail allows us to visit booksellers' shops and the Royal Society, paper manufactories and type foundries. We can eavesdrop on the often-bitter disputes between authors and printers, printers and booksellers, clerics and intellectuals as they debate and resolve the meaning and rights attached to the creation of ideas, their appearance in written form and then in print, and the opportunity to sell, buy, and read printed work. Johns focuses on the interplay between the scientific and print revolutions and on their roles, both complementary and antagonistic, in the production and dissemination of knowledge
- Cataloging source
- OCoLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johns, Adrian
- Dewey number
- 686.2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Transmission of texts
- Science
- Printing
- Printing
- Books
- Books
- Science
- Science publishing
- Science publishing
- Europe
- England
- Label
- The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making, Adrian Johns
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-707) and index
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book -- 2. Literatory Life: The Culture and Credibility of the Printed Book in Early Modern London -- 3. "The Advancement of Wholesome Knowledge": The Politics of Print and the Practices of Propriety -- 4. John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy: Republicanism, Natural Knowledge, and the Politics of Printing -- 5. Faust and the Pirates: The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution -- 6. The Physiology of Reading: Print and the Passions -- 7. Piracy and Usurpation: Natural Philosophy in the Restoration -- 8. Histories of the Heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica -- 9. Conclusion
- Control code
- 000013600483
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xxi, 753 p.
- Isbn
- 9780226401225
- Isbn Type
- (paper : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97047252
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making, Adrian Johns
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-707) and index
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book -- 2. Literatory Life: The Culture and Credibility of the Printed Book in Early Modern London -- 3. "The Advancement of Wholesome Knowledge": The Politics of Print and the Practices of Propriety -- 4. John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy: Republicanism, Natural Knowledge, and the Politics of Printing -- 5. Faust and the Pirates: The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution -- 6. The Physiology of Reading: Print and the Passions -- 7. Piracy and Usurpation: Natural Philosophy in the Restoration -- 8. Histories of the Heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica -- 9. Conclusion
- Control code
- 000013600483
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xxi, 753 p.
- Isbn
- 9780226401225
- Isbn Type
- (paper : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97047252
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- Books -- Europe -- History
- England -- Intellectual life
- Europe -- Intellectual life
- Printing -- Social aspects -- England -- History
- Printing -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History
- Books -- England -- History
- Science -- Europe -- History
- Science publishing -- England -- History
- Science publishing -- Europe -- History
- Transmission of texts
- Science -- England -- History
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