2002, ISBN: 9780300080841

British Library [in association with] the Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 2002. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. 132 pp, plates. From the introduction: "Apart … Plus…

British Library [in association with] the Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 2002. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. 132 pp, plates. From the introduction: "Apart from illustrations, borders are the most important - and most frequent - major element of decoration in late fourteenth- and fifteenth-century English manuscripts. Yet borders have received little chronological or systematic study, that is, no analysis of their structure and components within a given period and no scrutiny that would record aspects of change in border elements and identify the chronology of design in structure and motif. A leaf drawn and coloured in one period does not fold or reflect light as in a later period, and its colour tonality may be rendered by different methods. Since borders seem to alter in style at a quicker chronological pace than the work of scribes, borders provide a narrower dating for a manuscript. Researchers who might otherwise have 'dated' their copy of a text to 'the fifteenth century' might be able, with some visual command of the development of English borders, to apply a period of at least a quarter-century to a book, a more acceptable range for discussion and study. At the same time, a systematic analysis of dated and datable borders would furnish terminology for description of other borders in other contexts. A further significant reason to survey later English borderwork is for an understanding of the hierarchical use of borders. Borders were employed to suggest the structure of a text, and it is helpful to know that a band or trellis border is a sign of the introductory page of a text.., even if followed by further band borders at book (rather than chapter) divisions; to know that a three-sided border is of lesser status than a full border; that, unless it occurs at a Table of Contents, the first border in a book is usually more elaborate, even if only by a few motifs, than the subsequent borders..; or to know that the most important border, identifiable by its position (usually the first text page) and its more elaborate rendering, may be by an artist different from the rest of the borders and initials in the book, a common hierarchy of style and/or ability. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front inside wrapper. Fine., British Library [in association with] the Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 2002, 2002, 5, wonderful shape purple boards silver title on spline- uncreased- great great textured looking grey endpapers- book design by Sonja L. Scalon printed in USA Vail Ballou Binghampton ,New York dust jacket has a few scuffs sm.amount of checking on top-book pages of book - tad bit wear at spine- the head and foot of the book- appears to be unread interior is not marked as no notations and is clean very nice copy November 1999 an eminent scholar, teacher author takes critical look at the nature - direction of English studies in America. offering a thoughtful and witty intervention- current debates about educational and cultural values and goals, showing how English came to occupy its present place in our educational system, diagnosing the educational illness -today's English departments-recommending theoretical and practical changes in the field of English studies. Books- a deeply conservative expression of the wish to preserve the best in the English tradition of verbal-textual studies-a radical argument for reconstruction of the discipline of English.--- see pictures maybe this will do it maybe it won't. you'll know by looking at the pictures, I try to note all defects,so you can make an informed buying decision... At least you know what you're getting into Expedited Shipping available I have a good description and pictures, however books can be an expensive purchase, how does one sell expensive books without pictures & ensure happiness ,no buyers remorse.I actually-photograph hand enter & research every book listed, no scanner no generic catch phrase description.. The Rise and Fall of English: Reconstructing English as a D Robert E. Scholes Publisher Yale University Press, 1998 ISBN 0300080840, 9780300080841 203 pages Education ' Teaching Methods & Materials Language Arts / Educational Policy & Reform / / Higher Education / Language Arts Language Arts & Disciplines http://www.biblio.com/bookstore/ruth-reaser-culver-cityinv bib 2088 bmk textbook 1 office, Yale University Press, 3<

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