Book Destruction from the Medieval to the Contemporary

Book Overview

This rich and varied collection of essays by scholars and interviews with artists approaches the fraught topic of book destruction from a new angle, setting out an alternative history of the cutting, burning, pulping, defacing and tearing of books from the medieval period to our own age.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134947455X
• ISBN13: 9781349474554
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"