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The book as instrument : Stéphane Mallarmé, the artist's book, and the transformation of print culture
- Title
- The book as instrument : Stéphane Mallarmé, the artist's book, and the transformation of print culture / Anna Sigrídur Arnar.
- Author
- Arnar, Anna Sigrídur.
- Publication
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 395 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
- Summary
- Stephane Mallarme (1842-98) was a French Symbolist poet, theorist, and teacher whose ideas and legendary salons set the stage for twentieth-century experimentation in poetry, music, theater, and art. A canonical figure in the legacy of modernism, Mallarme was also a lifelong champion of the book as both a literary endeavor and a carefully crafted material object.
- In The Book as Instrument, Anna Sigridur Arnar explores how this object functioned for Mallarme and his artistic circle, arguing that the book became a strategic site for encouraging a modern public to actively partake in the creative act, an idea that informed later twentieth-century developments such as conceptual and performance art. Arnar demonstrates that Mallarme was invested in creating radically empowering reading experiences and the diverse modalities he proposed for both reading and looking anticipate interactive media prevalent in today's culture. In describing the world of books, visual culture, and mass media of the late nineteenth century, Arnar touches upon an array of themes that continue to preoccupy us in our own moment, including speculations on the future of the book. Enhanced by gorgeous illustrations, The Book as Instrument is sure to fascinate anyone interested in the ever-vibrant experiments that shape the multisensory pleasures of reading. --Book Jacket.
- Subject
- Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898
- Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898
- Mallarmé, Stéphane 1842-1898
- Mallarmé, Stéphane
- Artists' books > History
- Books and reading > Social aspects > History
- Artists' books
- Books and reading > Social aspects
- Künstlerbuch
- Buchgestaltung
- Kunstenaarsboeken
- Sociale aspecten
- Buchkunst
- Böcker > Artists' books
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-377) and index.
- Contents
- Defining the book -- Reading Mallarmé -- The heroic legacy of the book -- Forging the livre de peintre -- From illustration to original print -- The livre de peintre and independent publishing -- Reading and designing the book -- Paradigms of reading -- Designing the livre moderne in the international context: un coup de dés, art nouveau, and nascent mass media -- Transformations of the book -- Design and mathematical patterns in le livre -- The afterlife of the book.
- ISBN
- 9780226027012
- 0226027015
- LCCN
- 2010009005
- 40019334145
- OCLC
- ocn542321837
- 542321837
- SCSB-1598158
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library