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Record Nr.

UNINA9910861972703321

Autore

Ellis Robert Richmond

Titolo

Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians : The Story of Books in Modern Spain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-4875-4238-0

1-4875-4237-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 pages)

Collana

Toronto Iberic

Disciplina

860.9/39

Soggetti

Bibliophilie

Bibliomania

Book collecting in literature

Book collecting - Spain

Books and reading in literature

Books in literature

Spanish literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Spanish literature - 20th century - History and criticism

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese

Buch

Bibliothek

Espagne

Spanien

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Legend of the Murderous Bookman of Barcelona -- 2 Bibliophiles, Bibliographers, and Bookstore Browsers -- 3 Lost Books and Textual Restitution -- 4 Nuria Amat and the Persistence of Books -- 5 Miquel Plana and the Book as a Work of Art -- Colophon -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians delves into the



practice of bibliophilia - the love of books - and the many ways in which books are represented in modern Spanish literature."--