The Order of Books (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Roger Chartier
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1300-1800
- Setting: Europe, chiefly France
- Principal Characters: Johann Tritheim, Conrad Gesner, John Bale, François de La Croix du Maine, Gabriel Naudé, Etienne-Louis Boullée, Michel de Certeau, Michel Foucault
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: France or French people, Authors or writers, Europe or Europeans, Books, Libraries or librarians, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Middle Ages, Printing, Architecture or architects
- Locales: France
Roger Chartier, Director of Studies of the Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, author of The Cultural Uses of Early Modern France (1987), and editor of Les Usages de l’imprime (1987, The Culture of Print, 1989), here considers the question, “How did people in Western Europe between the end of the Middle Ages and the eighteenth century attempt to master the enormously increased number of texts that first the manuscript book and then print put into circulation?” The first chapter considers this question from the perspective of the reader, taking as...
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