Author: Dean H. Keller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An Index to the Colophon, New Series
Counterculture Colophon
Author: Loren Glass
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804784160
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Responsible for such landmark publications as Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer, Naked Lunch, Waiting for Godot,The Wretched of the Earth , and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Grove Press was the most innovative publisher of the postwar era. Counterculture Colophon tells the story of how the press and its house journal, The Evergreen Review, revolutionized the publishing industry and radicalized the reading habits of the "paperback generation." In the process, it offers a new window onto the 1960s, from 1951, when Barney Rosset purchased the fledgling press for $3,000, to 1970, when the multimedia corporation into which he had built the company was crippled by a strike and feminist takeover. Grove Press was not only responsible for ending censorship of the printed word in the United States but also for bringing avant-garde literature, especially drama, into the cultural mainstream as part of the quality paperback revolution. Much of this happened thanks to Rosset, whose charismatic leadership was crucial to Grove's success. With chapters covering world literature and the Latin American boom, including Grove's close association with UNESCO and the rise of cultural diplomacy; experimental drama such as the theater of the absurd, the Living Theater, and the political epics of Bertolt Brecht; pornography and obscenity, including the landmark publication of the complete work of the Marquis de Sade; revolutionary writing, featuring Rosset's daring pursuit of the Bolivian journals of Che Guevara; and underground film, including the innovative development of the pocket filmscript, Loren Glass covers the full spectrum of Grove's remarkable achievement as a communications center of the counterculture.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804784160
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Responsible for such landmark publications as Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer, Naked Lunch, Waiting for Godot,The Wretched of the Earth , and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Grove Press was the most innovative publisher of the postwar era. Counterculture Colophon tells the story of how the press and its house journal, The Evergreen Review, revolutionized the publishing industry and radicalized the reading habits of the "paperback generation." In the process, it offers a new window onto the 1960s, from 1951, when Barney Rosset purchased the fledgling press for $3,000, to 1970, when the multimedia corporation into which he had built the company was crippled by a strike and feminist takeover. Grove Press was not only responsible for ending censorship of the printed word in the United States but also for bringing avant-garde literature, especially drama, into the cultural mainstream as part of the quality paperback revolution. Much of this happened thanks to Rosset, whose charismatic leadership was crucial to Grove's success. With chapters covering world literature and the Latin American boom, including Grove's close association with UNESCO and the rise of cultural diplomacy; experimental drama such as the theater of the absurd, the Living Theater, and the political epics of Bertolt Brecht; pornography and obscenity, including the landmark publication of the complete work of the Marquis de Sade; revolutionary writing, featuring Rosset's daring pursuit of the Bolivian journals of Che Guevara; and underground film, including the innovative development of the pocket filmscript, Loren Glass covers the full spectrum of Grove's remarkable achievement as a communications center of the counterculture.
The Wooden Horse
Author: Hugh Walpole
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
"The Wooden Horse" is the story of Harry Trojan, the "wooden horse." He boldly carried into the Trojan walls a whole army of foreign ideals. In Harry Trojan, Mr. Walpole presents a strong personality whose understanding is delightful to the readers and delivers a vivid picture of the Trojan family. A great story, filled with wit and eloquence.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
"The Wooden Horse" is the story of Harry Trojan, the "wooden horse." He boldly carried into the Trojan walls a whole army of foreign ideals. In Harry Trojan, Mr. Walpole presents a strong personality whose understanding is delightful to the readers and delivers a vivid picture of the Trojan family. A great story, filled with wit and eloquence.
ABC for Book Collectors
Author: John Carter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians
Author: Robert Richmond Ellis
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487542380
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The word "bibliophilia" indicates a love of books, both as texts to be read and objects to be cherished for their physical qualities. Throughout the history of Iberian print culture, bibliophiles have attempted to explain the psychological experiences of reading and collecting books, as well as the social and economic conditions of book production. Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians analyses Spanish bibliophiles who catalogue, organize, and archive books, as well as the publishers, artists, and writers who create them. Robert Richmond Ellis examines how books are represented in modern Spanish writing and how Spanish bibliophiles reflect on the role of books in their lives and in the histories and cultures of modern Spain. Through the combined approaches of literary studies, book history, and the book arts, Ellis argues that two strains of Spanish bibliophilia coalesce in the modern period: one that envisions books as a means of achieving personal fulfilment, and another that engages with politics and uses books to affirm linguistic, cultural, and regional and national identities.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487542380
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The word "bibliophilia" indicates a love of books, both as texts to be read and objects to be cherished for their physical qualities. Throughout the history of Iberian print culture, bibliophiles have attempted to explain the psychological experiences of reading and collecting books, as well as the social and economic conditions of book production. Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians analyses Spanish bibliophiles who catalogue, organize, and archive books, as well as the publishers, artists, and writers who create them. Robert Richmond Ellis examines how books are represented in modern Spanish writing and how Spanish bibliophiles reflect on the role of books in their lives and in the histories and cultures of modern Spain. Through the combined approaches of literary studies, book history, and the book arts, Ellis argues that two strains of Spanish bibliophilia coalesce in the modern period: one that envisions books as a means of achieving personal fulfilment, and another that engages with politics and uses books to affirm linguistic, cultural, and regional and national identities.
The Thing The Book
Author: Jonn Herschend
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452117201
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What exactly is a book? This wildly inventive and thought-provoking volume asks that question of more than 30 of today's top creative visionaries, from Ed Ruscha to Miranda July, John Baldessari to Jonathan Lethem. Each traditional element of a book—from endpapers to footnotes—is assigned to a different artist or writer invited to use the space as a creative playground. The result is a collaborative group art project like no other. A ribbon bookmark by David Shrigley, page numbers by Tauba Auerbach, endnotes by Rick Moody—each contribution surprising and brilliant. This one-of-a-kind book will entrance anyone who appreciates art, literature, and the surprising possibilities that emerge when the two collide.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452117201
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What exactly is a book? This wildly inventive and thought-provoking volume asks that question of more than 30 of today's top creative visionaries, from Ed Ruscha to Miranda July, John Baldessari to Jonathan Lethem. Each traditional element of a book—from endpapers to footnotes—is assigned to a different artist or writer invited to use the space as a creative playground. The result is a collaborative group art project like no other. A ribbon bookmark by David Shrigley, page numbers by Tauba Auerbach, endnotes by Rick Moody—each contribution surprising and brilliant. This one-of-a-kind book will entrance anyone who appreciates art, literature, and the surprising possibilities that emerge when the two collide.
Painting Place
Author: David P. Silcox
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802040950
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
A biography of one of Canada's greatest artists, lavishly illustrated and based on years of research by a leading historian. David Milne (1882-1952) is recognized as one of the most innovative and original artists of his generation.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802040950
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
A biography of one of Canada's greatest artists, lavishly illustrated and based on years of research by a leading historian. David Milne (1882-1952) is recognized as one of the most innovative and original artists of his generation.
American Book-plates
Author: Charles Dexter Allen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
Author: Allen Kent
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780824720056
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780824720056
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."
Taste & Technique in Book-collecting
Author: John Carter
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description