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Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending (Material Texts)
Divine Art Infernal Machine The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending - Material Texts
Author: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
There is a longstanding confusion of Johann Fust, Gutenberg's one-time business partner, with the notorious Doctor Faustus. The association is not surprising to Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, for from its very early days the printing press was viewed by some as black magic. For the most part, however, it was welcomed as a "divine art" by Western churc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812222166
ISBN-10: 0812222164
Publication Date: 7/9/2012
Pages: 384
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Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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