Roger Chartier examines how authors transformed the material realities of writing or of publication into an aesthetic resource exploited for poetic, dramatic, or narrative ends.
In Won in Translation Roger Chartier considers the mobility of the early modern text and the plurality of circulating versions of the same... Læs mere
This collection of essays explores the cultures that coalesced around printed music in previous centuries. It focuses on the unique modes through which print organized... Læs mere
In Forms and Meanings, Chartier explores what effect changes in form will have on the way we come to know texts in the future, placing his projections within a larger historical perspective that spans from stone tablet to Guttenberg bible and beyond.