How Long to Read Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books

How Long Does it Take to Read Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 6 minutes to read Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books by Joseph A. Dane

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Description

In this book, Joseph Dane critiques the use of material evidence in studies of manuscript and printed books by delving into accepted notions about the study of print culture. He questions the institutional and ideological presuppositions that govern medieval studies, descriptive bibliography, and library science. Dane begins by asking what is the relation between material evidence and the abstract statements made about the evidence; ultimately he asks how evidence is to be defined. The goal of this book is to show that evidence from texts and written objects often becomes twisted to support pre-existing arguments; and that generations of bibliographers have created narratives of authorship, printing, reading, and editing that reflect romantic notions of identity, growth, and development. The first part of the book is dedicated to medieval texts and authorship: materials include Everyman, Chaucer's Legend of Good Women, the Anglo-Norman Le Seint Resurrection, and Adam de la Helle's Le Jeu de Robin et Marion. The second half of the book is concerned with abstract notions about books and scholarly definitions about what a book actually is: chapters include studies of basic bibliographical concepts ("Ideal Copy") and the application of such a notion in early editions of Chaucer, the combination of manuscript and printing in the books of Colard Mansion, and finally, examples of the organization of books by an early nineteenth-century book-collector Leander Van Ess. This study is an important contribution to debates about the nature of bibliography and the critical institutions that have shaped its current practice.

How long is Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books?

Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books by Joseph A. Dane is 184 pages long, and a total of 46,736 words.

This makes it 62% the length of the average book. It also has 57% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books aloud.

What Reading Level is Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books?

Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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