Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians : : The Story of Books in Modern Spain / / Robert Richmond Ellis.
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 we...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Toronto Iberic
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 1 b&w illustration, 11 colour illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Legend of the Murderous Bookman of Barcelona -- 2 Bibliophiles, Bibliographers, and Bookstore Browsers -- 3 Lost Books and Textual Restitution -- 4 Nuria Amat and the Persistence of Books -- 5 Miquel Plana and the Book as a Work of Art -- Colophon -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Summary: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781487542375 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110993752 9783110993738 9783110767155 |
DOI: | 10.3138/9781487542375 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robert Richmond Ellis. |