LEADER 03629nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910452727203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-93284-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520932845 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039339 035 $a(EBL)1982554 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860666 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454383 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860666 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10898041 035 $a(PQKB)10245378 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1982554 035 $a(DE-B1597)519274 035 $a(OCoLC)841168941 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520932845 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1982554 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676179 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039339 100 $a20051123d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPrinter's devil$b[electronic resource] $eMark Twain and the American publishing revolution /$fBruce Michelson 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24759-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSam Clemens and the printed word -- The mischief of the press -- "But now everybody goes everywhere" -- Huckleberry Finn and the American print revolution -- Mark Twain and the information age -- Afterword : Mark Twain for the next fifteen minutes. 330 $aTrained as a printer when still a boy, and thrilled throughout his life by the automation of printing and the headlong expansion of American publishing, Mark Twain wrote about the consequences of this revolution for culture and for personal identity. Printer's Devil is the first book to explore these themes in some of Mark Twain's best-known literary works, and in his most daring speculations-on American society, the modern condition, and the nature of the self. Playfully and anxiously, Mark Twain often thought about typeset words and published images as powerful forces-for political and moral change, personal riches and ruin, and epistemological turmoil. In his later years, Mark Twain wrote about the printing press as a center of metaphysical power, a force that could alter the fabric of reality. Studying these themes in Mark Twain's writings, Bruce Michelson also provides a fascinating overview of technological changes that transformed the American printing and publishing industries during Twain's lifetime, changes that opened new possibilities for content, for speed of production, for the size and diversity of a potential audience, and for international fame. The story of Mark Twain's life and art, amid this media revolution, is a story with powerful implications for our own time, as we ride another wave of radical change: for printed texts, authors, truth, and consciousness. 606 $aPrinting in literature 606 $aPrinting$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPublishers and publishing$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAuthors and publishers$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrinting in literature. 615 0$aPrinting$xHistory 615 0$aPublishers and publishing$xHistory 615 0$aAuthors and publishers$xHistory 676 $a818/.409 700 $aMichelson$b Bruce$f1948-$01055394 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452727203321 996 $aPrinter's devil$92488750 997 $aUNINA