Nineteenth-century transatlantic reprinting and the embodied book
Auteur :
DeSpain, Jessica
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032926773
Date de publication :
14 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
410 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Jessica DeSpain examines reprints by Charles Dickens, Susan Warner, Fanny Kemble and Walt Whitman to theorize the ongoing transatlantic transformation of texts that took place before adoption of the Chace Act of 1891. As authors, readers, and publishers struggled with the unpredictability of the textual body, the physical book and the physical body