Duringtheeighteenthcenturytherewasagrowinginterestinrecording,listinganddocumentingtheworld,whetherforpersonalinterestandprivateconsumption,orgeneralrecordandthegreatergood.Suchdocumentationwasdonethroughboththewrittenandprintedword.Eachgenrehaditsownmaterialconventionsandspawnedindustrieswhichsupportedthesepractices.Thisvolumeconsiderswritingandprintinginparallel:ithighlightstheintersectionsbetweenthetwomethodsofcommunication;discussesthemediumandmaterialityofthemessage;considershowwritingandprintingweredeployedintheconstructionofpersonalandculturalidentities;andexploresthedifferentdimensionssurroundingtheproduction,distributionandconsumptionofprivateandpublicletters,wordsandtextsduringtheeighteenth-century.Incombinationthechaptersinthisvolumeconsiderhowtheprocessesofbothwritingandprintingcontributedtothecreationofculturalidentityandtaste,assistedinthespreadofknowledgeandfurtheredpersonal,political,economic,socialandculturalchangeinBritainandthewider-world.Thisvolumeprovidesanoriginalnarrativeonthenatureofcommunicationandbringsafreshperspectiveonprintinghistory,printcultureandtheliteratesocietyoftheEnlightenment.
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