Book Parts 1st edition by Dennis Duncan, Adam Smyth 0192540539 9780192540539

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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎0192540539 

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎9780192540539

Author:    Dennis Duncan, Adam Smyth 

What would an anatomy of the book look like? There is the main text, of course, the file that the author proudly submits to their publisher. But around this, hemming it in on the page or enclosing it at the front and back of the book, there are dozens of other texts—page numbers and running heads, copyright statements and errata lists—each possessed of particular conventions, each with their own lively histories. To consider these paratexts—recalling them from the margins, letting them take centre stage—is to be reminded that no book is the sole work of the author whose name appears on the cover; rather, every book is the sum of a series of collaborations. It is to be reminded, also, that not everything is intended for us, the readers. There are sections that are solely directed at others—binders, librarians, lawyers—parts of the book that, if they are working well, are working discreetly, like a theatrical prompt, whispering out of the audience’s ear-shot Book Parts is a bold and imaginative intervention in the fast growing field of book history: it pulls the book apart. Over twenty-two chapters, Book Parts tells the story of the components of the book: from title pages to endleaves; from dust jackets to indexes—and just about everything in between. Book Parts covers a broad historical range that runs from the pre-print era to the digital, bringing together the expertise of some of the most exciting scholars working on book history today in order to shine a new light on these elements hiding in plain sight in the books we all read.

Book Parts 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introductions
Chapter 2: Dust Jackets
Chapter 3: Frontispieces
Chapter 4: Title Pages
Chapter 5: Imprints, Imprimaturs, and Copyright Pages
Colophons
Imprints
Licences
Copyright and Moral Rights
Edition Statements
Quality and Standards Statements
Cataloguing Information
Chapter 6: Tables of contents
Chapter 7: Addresses to the Reader
Chapter 8: Acknowledgements and Dedications
Chapter 9: Printers’ Ornaments and Flowers
Chapter 10: Character Lists
Dramatic Character Lists Before Print
Dramatic Character Lists and the Print Articulation of Drama
Character Lists Beyond Drama
Chapter 11: Daniel Sawyer
Signatures
Catchwords
Foliation and Pagination
After the Codex? After the Book?
Chapter 12: Chapter Heads
Chapter 13: Epigraphs
Functions
Epigraphs in Novels (and Characters)
The fate of the epigraph in the digital age
Chapter 14: Stage Directions
The invention of ‘stage directions’
‘Stage directions’ before the phrase
‘Stage directions’ after the phrase
Chapter 15: Running Titles
Chapter 16: Woodcuts
Chapter 17: Engravings
Chapter 18: Footnotes
Chaptre 19: Errata Lists
Chapter 20: Indexes
Chapter 21: Endleaves
Chapter 22: Blurbs

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