{"product_id":"pen-print-and-communication-in-the-eighteenth-century-9781789622300","title":"Pen, print and communication in the eighteenth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the eighteenth century there was a growing interest in recording, listing and documenting the world, whether for personal interest and private consumption, or general record and the greater good. Such documentation was done through both the written and printed word. Each genre had its own material conventions and spawned industries which supported these practices. This volume considers writing and printing in parallel: it highlights the intersections between the two methods of communication; discusses the medium and materiality of the message; considers how writing and printing were deployed in the construction of personal and cultural identities; and explores the different dimensions surrounding the production, distribution and consumption of private and public letters, words and texts during the eighteenth-century. In combination the chapters in this volume consider how the processes of both writing and printing contributed to the creation of cultural identity and taste, assisted in the spread of knowledge and furthered personal, political, economic, social and cultural change in Britain and the wider-world. This volume provides an original narrative on the nature of communication and brings a fresh perspective on printing history, print culture and the literate society of the Enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intelligently constructed volume; a fine collection that is both readable and enjoyable.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Aileen Douglas, School of English, Trinity College Dublin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The general editors of the series… hope that these publications will further promote further innovative and an interdisciplinary approach to global eighteenth-century studies... Their aim has certainly been achieved in Pen, Print and Communication, a well-produced, enlightening, and attractively illustrated volume.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRory T Cornish, Journal of British Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Highly recommended as an introduction to the important topic of the rich and complex roles of handwriting and print in the social and cultural melting-pot of the eighteenth century.' \u003cbr\u003e John Hinks, \u003ci\u003eMidland History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction, \u003ci\u003eCaroline Archer-Parré and Malcolm Dick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1. The Growth of Copperplate Script: Joseph Champion and \u003ci\u003eThe Universal Penman, Nicolas Barker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2. Authorship in script and print: the example of engraved handwriting manuals of the eighteenth century, \u003ci\u003eGiles Bergel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3.Writing and the preservation of cultural identity: the penmanship manuals of Zaharija Orfelin, \u003ci\u003ePersida Lazarević Di Giacomo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4. ‘The most beautiful hand’: John Byrom and the aesthetics of shorthand, \u003ci\u003eTimothy Underhill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5. An Archaeology of the Letter Writing: the correspondence of aristocratic women in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, \u003ci\u003eRuth Larsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6. Private pleasures and portable presses: do-it-yourself printers in the eighteenth-century, \u003ci\u003eCaroline Archer-Parré\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7. Performance and print culture: two eighteenth-century actresses and their image control, \u003ci\u003eJoanna Jarvis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e8. Script, print, and the public\/private divide: Sir David Ochterlony’s dying words, \u003ci\u003eCallie Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e9. Identity, enigma, assemblage: John Baskerville’s \u003ci\u003eVocabulary, or Pocket Dictionary,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLynda Muggleston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e10. Marigolds not manufacturing: plants, print and commerce in eighteenth-century Birmingham, \u003ci\u003eElaine Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e11. Tourist Experience and the Manufacturing Town: James Bisset’s \u003ci\u003eMagnificent Directory\u003c\/i\u003e of Birmingham, \u003ci\u003eJenni Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e12. Forging an identity on the periphery of the Enlightenment: Malta in print in the eighteenth-century, \u003ci\u003eRobert Thake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e13. Perceptions of England: the production and reception of English theatrical publications in Germany and the Netherlands during the eighteenth century, \u003ci\u003eEmil Rybczak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e14. Print Culture and Distribution: Circulating the Federalist Papers in post-Revolutionary America, \u003ci\u003ePeter Pellizzari\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e15. The serif-less letters of John Soane, \u003ci\u003eJon Melton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNotes on the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360127844695,"sku":"9781789622300","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789622300.jpg?v=1754126749","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pen-print-and-communication-in-the-eighteenth-century-9781789622300","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}