Overview
- Serves as the definitive book on Soviet and post-Soviet book design
- Broad chronological sweep
- Offers some comparative analysis of Western and Eastern book design
Part of the book series: New Directions in Book History (NDBH)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Russian Book Design from the Soviet Period to the Present
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Changing Values in Visual Representation of Literature
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Three Generations of Russian Book Designers
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Reviews
“In her pioneering study, Birgitte Beck Pristed radically subverts the routine perception of the book as a victim by drawing our attention to the things that books themselves could do. Focusing on the materiality of the book form, she demonstrates how design of books and book covers became a major tool of organizing literature in Russia… For the first time in English, Beck Pristed’s research closely examines the fascinating phenomenon that the Russians called “the art of the book.” (Serguei A. Oushakine, author of “The Patriotism of Despair: Nation, War, and Loss in Russia”, USA)
“The New Russian Book is impeccably researched, engaging with all the relevant post-Soviet cultural scholarship as well as the large field of book history. As a new contribution to both areas, it simply has no rival: this will be the book on Soviet and post-Soviet book design.” (Dr Eliot Borenstein, Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, New York University, USA)
“The New Russian Book is an amazing cultural history of post-Soviet Russia analyzed through the ups and downs of its extraordinary graphic culture. The author introduces us to scores of Russian books published over the last few decades, cheap paperbacks and richly bound hardbacks, popular fiction and rare volumes, and helps us to discover the extraordinary story behind every cover and every binding. In her work, Beck Pristed brilliantly demonstrates how reading involves understanding with your hands as well as with your eyes.” (Damiano Rebecchini, co-editor of “Reading in Russia” and of the forth-coming “A History of Reading in Russia”, Italy)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The New Russian Book
Book Subtitle: A Graphic Cultural History
Authors: Birgitte Beck Pristed
Series Title: New Directions in Book History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50708-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50707-1Published: 13 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84469-5Published: 14 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50708-8Published: 01 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6117
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6125
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 343
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of the Book, European Literature, Literary History