Elizabeth L Eisenstein: 3 books
Divine Art, Infernal Machine
The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2011
There is a longstanding confusion of Johann Fust, Gutenberg's one-time business partner, with the notorious Doctor Faustus. The association is not surprising to Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, for from its very early days the printing press was viewed by some as black magic. For the most part, however, it...
by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the West in her monumental two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change. This abridged edition, after summarising the initial changes introduced by the establishment of...
by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1980
Originally published in two volumes in 1980, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change is now issued in a paperback edition containing both volumes. The work is a full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change. Professor Eisenstein begins by examining...