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.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ch. 1. Representations of the Written Word
Ch. 2. Princely Patronage and the Economy of Dedication
Ch. 3. From Court Festivity to City Spectators
Ch. 4. Popular Appropriation: The Readers and Their Books
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index