| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Sam Clemens and the printed word -- The mischief of the press -- "But now everybody goes everywhere" -- Huckleberry Finn and the American print revolution -- Mark Twain and the information age -- Afterword : Mark Twain for the next fifteen minutes |
| Summary |
Trained as a printer when still a boy, and thrilled throughout his life by the automation of printing and the headlong expansion of American publishing, Mark Twain wrote about the consequences of this revolution for culture and for personal identity. Printer's Devil is the first book to explore these themes in some of Mark Twain's best-known literary works, and in his most daring speculations-on American society, the modern condition, and the nature of the self. Playfully and anxiously, Mark Twain often thought about typeset words and published images as powerful forces-for political and moral |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Knowledge -- Printing
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| SUBJECT |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 fast |
| Subject |
Printing in literature.
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Printing -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Authors and publishers
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Printing
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Printing in literature
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Publishers and publishing
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005034481 |
| ISBN |
9780520932845 |
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0520932846 |
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