Showing all 3 books
Founts of Knowledge is the third in a series titled Book History in India , which was started in 2004 to showcase the latest research in what was then a nascent field in India the history of the book. It continues the trajectory of the first two volumes (published by Permanent Black) in establishing book history as a major tool of enquiry in the Indian academy, and brings together the finest scholars and the most recent research in the area. This volume carries ...
In recent years, the growth of 'history of the book' as a major, multi-disciplinary area of investigation has energised traditional disciplines such as history and literary studies. Researchers in this area look at literature as embodied in its technological products--mainly those of the print industry, but also manuscripts, engravings, and electronic texts. Book history studies the personnel associated with the making of books: authors, printers, publishers, ...
Book history is an emerging discipline in India. The editors of the present volume began the work of consolidating the dispersed writings in the field with Print Areas: Book History in India. Reviewers welcomed that volume as the first significant Indian contribution to an academic discourse that is fast changing literary scholarship and challenging assumptions, if not practices, in the social sciences. Moveable Type brings together a wider variety of the best ...