The Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850

Langbeschreibung
This book explores a new approach to the study of writing, through the concept of the 'graphosphere'. It presents a comprehensive interpretative guide to forms of writing in Russia across four centuries, and a test case for comparative study of graphospheres elsewhere.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Concepts and contexts; 2. Production in the graphosphere, I: primary writing; 3. Production in the graphosphere, II: secondary writing; 4. Scripts and languages of the graphosphere; 5. Places and times of the graphosphere; 6. Aspects of the ecology of the graphosphere; 7. Aspects of authority and status in the graphosphere; 8. (In)conclusion.
Simon Franklin is Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950-1300 (Cambridge, 2002), and has edited, with Emma Widdis, National Identity in Russian Culture (Cambridge, 2004); and, with Katherine Bowers, Information and Empire: Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600-1854 (2017).
ISBN-13:
9781108716901
Veröffentl:
2021
Erscheinungsdatum:
18.03.2021
Seiten:
432
Autor:
Simon Franklin
Gewicht:
622 g
Format:
229x152x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch

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