Printing history and cultural change : fashioning the modern English text in eighteenth-century Britain / Richard Wendorf.
'Printing History and Cultural Change' explores printing conventions in the eighteenth century and the gradual tendency to abandon the use of capital letters, italics and small capitals in English books, heralding the advent of a cleaner, and smoother, printed page. It studies a range of t...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | 'Printing History and Cultural Change' explores printing conventions in the eighteenth century and the gradual tendency to abandon the use of capital letters, italics and small capitals in English books, heralding the advent of a cleaner, and smoother, printed page. It studies a range of texts and the changing roles of authors, booksellers, printers and the reading public. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2022. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 328 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191924583 019192458X 9780192653116 0192653113 9780192653123 0192653121 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |