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Book History, Illuminated

by Book History, Illuminated

Leah talks about books. But, like, the books themselves, more than the texts inside them. Make sense? No? Welcome to the wonderful world of book history, friend!

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2: Robert Darnton's Communications Circuit

33m · Published 04 Mar 23:45

In the second episode of Book History, Illuminated, Leah introduces Robert Darnton's Communications Circuit, and explains why it is, and why it is not, so great. She talks about Thomas R. Adams and Nicolas Barker's response to Darnton's Circuit, Pride and Prejudice, and Polish samizdat. What's samizdat? Listen and find out. Intro theme samples speech from the trailer for Lane Smith's "It's a Book". Check the trailer out at www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4BK_2VULCU. Resources cited in this episode include: "What is the History of Books?" - Robert Darnton (https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3403038/darnton_historybooks.pdf) "'What is the History of Books?' Revisited" - Robert Darnton (https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3403039/darnton_revisited.pdf?sequence=2) "A New Model for the Study of the Book" - Thomas R. Adams and Nicolas Barker "What is the History of Samizdat?" - Gordon Johnston "'I Was There': On Kurt Vonnegut" - William Deresiewicz (http://www.thenation.com/article/167921/i-‐was-‐there-‐kurt-‐vonnegut) Matka noc - Kurt Vonnegut (translated by Lech Jęczmyk) [1984 NOVA edition: BL Sol.213e; 1989 Petit Press edition: BL Sol.230d]

1: What the heck is book history and why should you care?

16m · Published 24 Jan 02:14

Welcome to the first episode of Book History, Illuminated! To kick off the podcast, Leah tries (and fails - sorry!) to define what she means by "book", and explains what book history is and why you should care. If you're new to book history, listen to this episode for the background info you'll need for the following episodes. Intro theme samples speech from the trailer for Lane Smith's "It's a Book". Check the trailer out at www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4BK_2VULCU. Resources cited in this episode include: The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800 - Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man - Marshall McLuhan An Introduction to Bibliographical and Textual Studies - William Proctor Williams and Craig S. Abbott (Leah has some trouble citing this one correctly in the podcast - oops) Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts - D. F. McKenzie

Book History, Illuminated has 2 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 50:11. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on March 26th, 2024 06:43.