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A History of Punctuation in English Literature: Volume 2: The Restoration to the 19th Century (1660-1900)

A History of Punctuation in English Literature: Volume 2: The Restoration to the 19th Century (1660-1900)

Bonapfel, Elizabeth M.
Faulkner, Mark
Gutierrez, Jeffrey

Hardcover

Literary Criticism

Publisher Price: $110.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 31, 2027

ISBN10: 100939133X
ISBN13: 9781009391337
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 31 2027
Pages: 630
Language: English
The most extensive history of punctuation in English literature available, this three-volume set examines the production, context, and impact of punctuation in nearly 100 major authors and texts from the Medieval period to the present. Essays address the complexity, nuance, and significance of punctuation in works of poetry, drama, and prose, using diplomatic quotation to demonstrate punctuation's essential part in literary writing, production, reading, and reception. Topics covered include scribal and textual transmission and genesis; manuscript and print; pedagogy; standardization; house style; conventions; editorial intervention; reading experiences; and elocutionary, syntactical, deictic, and spatial punctuation. A general introduction discusses theories and practices of punctuation, while three volume-introductions address the age of manuscript, impact of printing, and subsequent pressures of mechanization, industrialization, and digitization. This History demonstrates that punctuation, far from 'accidental, ' is a crucial element of hermeneutics, deeply impacting literary practice, meaning, and interpretation.

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