Divine art, infernal machine: the reception of printing in the west from first impressions to the sense of an ending
Auteur :
Eisenstein, Elizabeth L.
Éditeur :
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN :
9780812242805
Date de publication :
23 déc. 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
718 g
Format :
With printed dust jacket
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The author of the hugely influential The Printing Press as an Agent of Change offers a magisterial and highly readable account of five centuries of ambivalent attitudes toward printing and printers. Once again, she makes a compelling case for the ways in which technological developments and cultural shifts are intimately related.