Dreaming in books the making of the bibliographic imagination in the Romantic age / Andrew Piper.

Author/creator Piper, Andrew, 1973-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : The University of Chicago Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxv, 303 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects
Literature publishing--Europe. --History. --19th century.
Literature publishing--Germany. --History. --19th century.
Books--Europe. --History. --19th century.
Books--Germany. --History. --19th century.
Romanticism--History and criticism.
Communication--History. --19th century.

Abstract Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated books, as well as the communities who made them, Dreaming in Books tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. In so doing, it shows how many of the most pressing modern communicative concerns are not unique to the digital age but emerged with a particular sense of urgency during the bookish upheavals of the romantic era. In revisiting the book's rise through the prism of romantic literature, Piper aims to revise our assumptions about romanticism, the medium of the printed book, and, ultimately, the future of the book in our so-called digital age."--pub. desc.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009006780
ISBN9780226669724 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226669726 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40016925435