The Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850

ISBN-13: 9781108492577 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 428 str.

Simon Franklin

Opis

Explores a new approach to the history of writing, and a guide to writing in the history of Russia.

Recenzje

'Franklin introduces the term [graphosphere] as a 'near neologism,' and with it, inaugurates an entire field. Now that he has done so, readers have cause to celebrate. This is a rare book that opens eyes and reveals new vistas for thought, imagination, and scholarship. It is as electrifying in its novelty as it is dazzling in its erudition … The cumulative force of the book allows us to see the concept of the graphosphere emerge out of a haze and solidify as a real and important way to look at the world, to think about culture and history, to unearth new information and gain new perspectives by cutting across familiar categories in unexpected ways.' Valerie A. Kivelson, Canadian-American Slavic Studies

Spis treści

1. Concepts and contexts; 2. Production in the graphosphere, I: primary writing; 3. Production in the graphosphere, II: secondary writing; 4. Scripts and languages of the graphosphere; 5. Places and times of the graphosphere; 6. Aspects of the ecology of the graphosphere; 7. Aspects of authority and status in the graphosphere; 8. (In)conclusion.