| Book Destruction from the Medieval to the Contemporary 2014 Edition Contributor(s): Partington, G. (Editor), Smyth, A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1137367652 ISBN-13: 9781137367655 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Political Science | Censorship |
| Dewey: 363.310 |
| LCCN: 2014022061 |
| Series: New Directions in Book History |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.95 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This rich and varied collection of essays by scholars and interviews with artists approaches the fraught topic of book destruction from a new angle, setting out an alternative history of the cutting, burning, pulping, defacing and tearing of books from the medieval period to our own age. |