The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the MakingUniversity of Chicago Press, 15.05.2000 - 776 Seiten In The Nature of the Book, a tour de force of cultural history, Adrian Johns constructs an entirely original and vivid picture of print culture and its many arenas—commercial, intellectual, political, and individual. "A compelling exposition of how authors, printers, booksellers and readers competed for power over the printed page. . . . The richness of Mr. Johns's book lies in the splendid detail he has collected to describe the world of books in the first two centuries after the printing press arrived in England."—Alberto Manguel, Washington Times "[A] mammoth and stimulating account of the place of print in the history of knowledge. . . . Johns has written a tremendously learned primer."—D. Graham Burnett, New Republic "A detailed, engrossing, and genuinely eye-opening account of the formative stages of the print culture. . . . This is scholarship at its best."—Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor "The most lucid and persuasive account of the new kind of knowledge produced by print. . . . A work to rank alongside McLuhan."—John Sutherland, The Independent "Entertainingly written. . . . The most comprehensive account available . . . well documented and engaging."—Ian Maclean, Times Literary Supplement |
Inhalt
| 1 | |
| 58 | |
THE ADVANCEMENT OF WHOLESOME KNOWLEDGE The Politics of Print and the Practices of Propriety | 187 |
JOHN STREATER AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE GALAXY Republicanism Natural Knowledge and the Politics of Printing | 266 |
FAUST AND THE PIRATES The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution | 324 |
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF READING Print and the Passions | 380 |
PIRACY AND USURPATION Natural Philosophy in the Restoration | 444 |
HISTORIES OF THE HEAVENS John Flamsteed Isaac Newton and the Historia Ccelestis Britannica | 543 |
CONCLUSION | 622 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 641 |
INDEX | 709 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
argument Art of Printing astronomer Atkyns Atkyns's authorship Baily became Birch book trade booksellers bookshop Brahe Cambridge University Library Cambridge University Press catalogue chapter Chartier civility claimed coffeehouse Company copies Correspondence court Dunton early modern edition Edmond Halley England English example experience Faust Flamsteed Flamsteed's Galileo Gresham College Halley Halley's Henry Henry Oldenburg Historia Cœlestis History Hooke Hooke's important invention Isaac Newton issue John John Flamsteed Journal L'Estrange letters licensing Literary London manuscript master Mechanick Exercises Moxon natural knowledge natural philosophy Newton observations Oldenburg Oxford passions patent Philosophical Transactions piracy pirate Politics practice print culture printed books printers printing house produced propriety publication published readers reading representations Robert Boyle Robert Hooke Royal Society SCB F Science seventeenth century Shapin sheets Sidereus Nuncius social Society's Stationers Streater Syndics of Cambridge Thomas tion Tycho Tycho Brahe Uraniborg virtuosi William writers
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 48 - Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates : in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity ? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Seite 383 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics...
Seite 574 - And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies : but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth ; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
Seite 642 - The Original and Growth of Printing, collected out of History and the Records of this kingdome ; wherein is also demonstrated, that Printing appertaineth to the Prerogative Royal, and is a Flower of the Crown of England.
Seite 48 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh...
Seite 252 - Kings: they make and unmake their subjects: they have power of raising, and casting down: of life and of death: Judges over all their subjects, and in all causes, and yet accountable to none but God only.
Seite 406 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind. And the great principle and foundation of all virtue and worth is placed in this, that a man is able to deny himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best, though the appetite lean the other way.
Seite 642 - ATLAS maritimus & commercialis; or, a general view of the world, so far as relates to trade and navigation...
Seite 252 - Kings are justly called Gods, for that they exercise a manner or resemblance of Divine power upon earth. For if you will consider the Attributes to God, you shall see how they agree in the person of a King. God hath power to create, or destroy, make or unmake at his pleasure, to give life or send death, to judge all, and to be judged nor accountable to none.
Seite 653 - New Atlantis. Begun by the Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans: And Continued by RH Esquire. Wherein is set forth A Platform of Monarchical Government, with A Pleasant intermixture of divers rare Inventions, and wholsom Customs, fit to be introduced into all Kingdoms, States, and Common-wealths.