Print, chaos, and complexity : Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century media culture /

Print, chaos, and complexity : Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century media culture / Mark E. Wildermuth.

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"This book describes how eighteenth-century awareness of the interplay between fixity and instability in printed texts demonstrates the role print played in developing Samuel Johnson's perception of print culture's impact on human beings ethically, politically, and aesthetically. Draw...

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Main Author: Wildermuth, Mark E., 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newark : University of Delware Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Philosophy.
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784 > Political and social views.
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744. > Essay on man.
Printing > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Printing > Social aspects.
Transmission of texts.
Mimesis in literature.
Authors and readers > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.

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Call Number: PR3537.P5 W55 2008
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