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Overview"Taking its title from Marshall William Fishwick's description of ""wordmongers"" as those whose principal vocation is ""speaking and writing words,"" this book is a study of manuscript and scribal culture in the age of print. While the first part explores the flourishing scholarship of post-medieval scribal culture in Europe and beyond during the last generation and advocates a radical revision of traditional dichotomies (manuscript versus print, literacy versus illiteracy) in favor of more complex paradigms (multiple modes and media of transmission and reception), the second part focuses on literary and scribal culture in nineteenth-century Iceland. David Olafsson examines the societal framework of textual creation and consumption, as well as the specific case of the farmer, fisherman, and scribe Sighvatur Grimsson (1840-1930) and his cultural environment. The microhistorical approach of Wordmongers considers the career of this remarkable protagonist and the concentric impact his literary production had on his intimate community, Icelandic society, and the wider European and global context during the ""post-Gutenberg era.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: David OlafssonPublisher: Cornell University Library, Division of Rare & Manuscripts Collections Imprint: Cornell University Library, Division of Rare & Manuscripts Collections ISBN: 9780935995114ISBN 10: 0935995110 Pages: 250 Publication Date: 31 December 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDavid Olafsson is a historian associated with the Reykjavik Academy, an institution for independent humanities and social science scholars in Iceland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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