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Inscription and Erasure: Literature and Written Culture from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century (Material Texts)
Inscription and Erasure Literature and Written Culture from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century - Material Texts
Author: Roger Chartier
The fear of oblivion obsessed medieval and early modern Europe. Stone, wood, cloth, parchment, and paper all provided media onto which writing was inscribed as a way to ward off loss. And the task was not easy in a world in which writing could be destroyed, manuscripts lost, or books menaced with destruction. Paradoxically, the successful spread...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812220469
ISBN-10: 0812220463
Publication Date: 8/25/2008
Pages: 224
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Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Type: Paperback
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