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Critically engages with the visual appearance of prose fiction where it is manipulated by authors, from alterations in typography to the deconstruction of the physical form of the book

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Acknowledgements; Notes on abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Reading the graphic surface; 2. The presence of the book; 3. The graphic surface in theory; 4. Mimesis and the graphic surface: A critical blindspot; 5. 'If the gentle compositor would be so friendly': Samuel Beckett's Murphy and Watt; 6. 'The technological fact of the book': B.S. Johnson; 7. 'Some languages are more visible than others': Christine Brooke-Rose's Thru; 8. Alasdair Gray: Maker of books; Conclusion; Further reading; Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 12/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719069680, 978-0719069680
      ISBN10: 0719069688

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Critically engages with the visual appearance of prose fiction where it is manipulated by authors, from alterations in typography to the deconstruction of the physical form of the book

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Notes on abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Reading the graphic surface; 2. The presence of the book; 3. The graphic surface in theory; 4. Mimesis and the graphic surface: A critical blindspot; 5. 'If the gentle compositor would be so friendly': Samuel Beckett's Murphy and Watt; 6. 'The technological fact of the book': B.S. Johnson; 7. 'Some languages are more visible than others': Christine Brooke-Rose's Thru; 8. Alasdair Gray: Maker of books; Conclusion; Further reading; Index

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