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• Title:Book parts / edited by Dennis Duncan & Adam Smyth.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Smyth, Adam, 1972- editor.
  Duncan, Dennis (Dennis J. B.), editor.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
  ©2019
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: Z116.A2 B66 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Books--History.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:xix, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:What would an anatomy of the book look like? There is the main text, of course, the file that the author proudly submits to their publisher. But around this, hemming it in on the page or enclosing it at the front and back of the book, there are dozens of other texts - page numbers and running heads, copyright statements and errata lists - each possessed of particular conventions, each with their own lively histories. To consider these paratexts - recalling them from the margins, letting them take centre stage - is to be reminded that no book is the sole work of the author whose name appears on the cover; rather, every book is the sum of a series of collaborations. It is to be reminded, also, that not everything is intended for us, the readers. There are sections0that are solely directed at others - binders, librarians, lawyers - parts of the book that, if they are working well, are working discreetly, like a theatrical prompt, whispering out of the audience's ear-shot. 0'Book Parts' is a bold and imaginative intervention in the fast growing field of book history: it pulls the book apart. Over twenty-two chapters, 'Book Parts' tells the story of the components of the book: from title pages to endleaves; from dust jackets to indexes-and just about everything in between. 'Book Parts' covers a broad historical range that runs from the pre-print era to the digital, bringing together the expertise of some of the most exciting scholars working on book history today in order to shine a new light on these elements hiding in plain sight in the books we all read.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.
  
• ISBN:0198812469 hardback
  9780198812463 hardback
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introductions / Adam Smyth
  2. Dust Jackets / Gill Partington
  3. Frontispieces / Luisa Cale
  4. Title Pages / Whitney Trettien
  5. Imprints, Imprimaturs, and Copyright Pages / Shef Rogers
  6. Tables of Contents / Joseph A. Howley
  7. Addresses to the Reader / Meaghan J. Brown
  8. Acknowledgements and Dedications / Helen Smith
  9. Printers' Ornaments and Flowers / Hazel Wilkinson
  10. Character Lists / Tamara Atkin
  11. Page Numbers, Signatures, and Catchwords / Daniel Sawyer
  12. Chapter Heads / Nicholas Dames
  13. Epigraphs / Rachel Sagner Buurma
  14. Stage Directions / Tiffany Stern
  15. Running Titles / Claire M. L. Bourne
  16. Woodcuts / Alexandra Franklin
  17. Engravings / Sean Roberts
  18. Footnotes / Jenny Davidson
  19. Errata Lists / Adam Smyth
  20. Indexes / Dennis Duncan
  21. Endleaves / Sidney E. Berger
  22. Blurbs / Abigail Williams.