Published by De Gruyter

Schriftmedien – Kommunikations- und buchwissenschaftliche Perspektiven

Edited by: Heinz Bonfadelli, Ursula Rautenberg and Ute Schneider

ISSN: 2364-9771

e-ISSN 2364-978X

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In recent years the field of book studies has been reconceptualized, moving away from a primarily historical and narrative focus. This change, triggered in part by new media, has involved an expansion in the range of research questions considered as well as their theoretical underpinnings. Analysis of the forms of communication used in written media form an essential aspect of this new approach. Conceptually, the series is based on an understanding of written media found in interdisciplinary perspectives as well as communication and media studies. Accordingly, the volumes published in the series will not focus solely on media such as books, newspapers, and journals, but also address the broader dimensions of communication in written media overall. This proven approach in research and teaching is integrative and thus has many points of intersection to neighboring disciplines. The series publishes works that explore the problem-solving potential of book studies when it avails itself of interdisciplinary perspectives to assess written communication in the past and present.

Book 2020

Der Propyläen-Verlag in der Weimarer Republik

Daniela Gastell

Volume 8 in this series

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This book provides the first systematic, scholarly study of the history of the Propyläen publishing house. The analysis covers the classic editions and original images produced by Max Liebermann, Max Slevogt, and Lovis Corinth; the publisher's collaboration with Bertolt Brecht, Carl Zuckmayer, and Hasenclever; the popularization of history in the Propyläen Weltgeschichte books; and the development of the art magazine, Der Querschnitt.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110683561
ISBN:: 9783110683561
ISBN:: 9783110683592
ISBN:: 9783110683530
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2019

Buchhandelssystem und Wissensraum in der Frühen Neuzeit

Julia Bangert

Volume 7 in this series

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In 1450, Gutenberg made a pioneering breakthrough in communication by inventing printing with movable type. Using a newly developed theoretical model – the "knowledge space" – this work addresses the question of how the resulting book trade system worked, who was involved, the role the book trade played and the importance it held for the academic and cultural development of society.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110616521
ISBN:: 9783110616521
ISBN:: 9783110613711
ISBN:: 9783110613506
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Subject:: Book History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2018

Parallelverlage im geteilten Deutschland

Entstehung, Beziehungen und Strategien am Beispiel ausgewählter Wissenschaftsverlage

Anna-Maria Seemann

Volume 6 in this series

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The study examines the history of scientific publishing houses with identical names in East and West Germany during the period of German division. It elucidates German–German relations in the post-war period based on the example of the publishing industry, offering a nuanced view of the connections and interactions of political, cultural, and economic motivations and interests of the actors and systems.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110543421
ISBN:: 9783110543421
ISBN:: 9783110682762
ISBN:: 9783110541076
ISBN:: 9783110540918
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History since 1945
Subject:: East and West Germany
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: History of Knowledge
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2017

Buchhandelsstrategien im digitalen Markt

Reaktionen der großen Buchhandelsketten auf technologische Neuerungen

Simon Hiller

Volume 5 in this series

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This study seeks to discover potentially successful responses and strategic positions on the part of bookseller chains in response to disruptive innovations in business and production models. Its guiding research interest is developed through five key questions.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110478693
ISBN:: 9783110478693
ISBN:: 9783110476484
ISBN:: 9783110475791
Subject:: Law
Subject:: History, Philosophy and Sociology of Law
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2018

Typographorum Emblemata

The Printer’s Mark in the Context of Early Modern Culture

Anja Wolkenhauer, Bernhard F. Scholz

Volume 4 in this series

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This collection of specially commissioned articles aims to shed light on the Early Modern printer's mark, a very productive Early Modern word-image so far only occasionally noted outside the domain of book history. This collection of 17 specially commissioned articles aims to shed light on the European printer’s mark, a very productive Early Modern word-image genre so far only occasionally noted outside the domain of book history. It does so from the perspectives of book history, literary history, especially emblem scholarship, and art history. The various contributions to the volume address issues such as those of the adoption of printer's devices in the place of the older heraldic printer's marks as a symptom of the changing self-image of the representatives of the Early Modern printing profession, of the mutual influence of emblems and printer's marks, of the place of Classical learning in the design of Humanist printer's marks, of the economic factors involved in the evolution of Early Modern printer's marks, the pictorial topics of the Early Modern printer's mark, and the printer's mark as a result of the 'Verbürgerlichung' of the device of Early Modern nobility. Special care was taken to account for the similarities and differences of the printer's marks produced and used in different regional and cultural contexts. The printer’s mark thus becomes visible as a European phenomenon that invites studying some of the most significant shared aspects of Early Modern culture.

Preface/ Beginnings and Provenances: A. Wolkenhauer: Sisters, or Mother and Daughter? The Relationship between Printer’s Marks and Emblems during the First Hundred Years/ A. Bässler: Ekphrasis and Printer’s Signets/ L. Houwen: Beastly Devices: Early Printers’ Marks and Their Medieval Origins/ H. Meeus: From Nameplate to Emblem. The Evolution of the Printer’s Device in the Southern Low Countries up to 1600/ Regions and Places: K. Sp. Staikos: Heraldic and Symbolic Printer’s Devices of Greek Printers in Italy (15th-16th century)/ A. Jakimyszyn-Gadocha: Jewish Printers’ Marks from Poland (16th-17th centuries)/ J. A. Tomicka: Fama typographica. In Search of the Emblem Form of Printer’s Devices. The Iconography and Emblem Form of Printer’s Devices in 16th- and 17th-Century Poland/ P. Hoftijzer: Pallas Nostra Salus. Early-Modern Printer’s Marks in Leiden as Expressions of Professional and Personal Identity/ D. Peil: Early Modern Munich Printer’s Marks (and Related Issues)/ K. Lundblad: The Printer’s Mark in Early Modern Sweden/ S. Hufnagel: Iceland’s Lack of Printer’s Devices: Filling a Functional and Spatial Void in Printed Books during the Sixteenth Century/ Concepts, Historical and Systematic: B.F. Scholz: The Truth of Printer’s Marks: Andrea Alciato On ‘Aldo’s Anchor’, ‘Froben’s Dove’ and ‘Calvo’s Elephant’. A Closer Look at Alciato’s Concept of the Printer’s Mark./ V. Hayaert: The Legal Significance and Humanist Ethos of Printers’ Insignia/ J. Kiliańczyk-Zięba: The Transition of the Printer’s Device from a Sign of Identification to a Symbol of Aspirations and Beliefs/ Judit Vizkelety-Ecsedy: Mottos in Printers’ Devices – Thoughts about the Hungarian Usage/ M. Simon: European Printers’ and Publishers’ Marks in the 18th Century. The Three C’s: Conformity, Continuity and Change/ B.F. Scholz: In Place of an Afterword: Notes on Ordering the Corpus of the Early Modern Printer’s Mark/ Research Bibliography: The Early Modern Printer’s Mark in its Cultural Contexts/ Index (Names, Places, Motti).

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110430271
ISBN:: 9783110430271
ISBN:: 9783110439199
ISBN:: 9783110430363
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Early Modern History
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Visual Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2016

Lesepraxis von Kindern und Jugendlichen

Die Bedeutung von Familie, Schule und Peers für die Beschaffung und Nutzung von Lesestoffen

Marina Mahling

Volume 3 in this series

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This study explores reading behavior in children and young people from the perspective of reading socialization. For the first time, it investigates how different vehicles of socialization are related to reading behavior. A developmental model depicts typical patterns starting from 5^th grade through graduation from secondary school, thus providing a comprehensive overview of factors influencing reading socialization, both in and outside school.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110430257
ISBN:: 9783110430257
ISBN:: 9783110439168
ISBN:: 9783110430356
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Sociology
Subject:: Culture
Subject:: Education
Subject:: Curriculum and Pedagogy
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2016

Der Typograph Hermann Zapf

Eine Werkbiographie

Nikolaus Julius Weichselbaumer

Volume 2 in this series

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Hermann Zapf is one of the most productive calligraphers and typographers of the 20^th century. His oeuvre offers an opportunity to analyze the possibilities, conditions, developments, and problems of the typography of his era. Based on extensive documentation, this study examines the impact of economic, aesthetic, and technological factors on his work as well as Zapf’s efforts to enhance his reputation in other fields.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110415018
ISBN:: 9783110415018
ISBN:: 9783110415056
ISBN:: 9783110414981
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Visual Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2015

Vermittler des Rechts

Juristische Verlage von der Spätaufklärung bis in die frühe Nachkriegszeit

Ulrike Henschel

Volume 1 in this series

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For over 200 years, legal publishing has been a highly influential segment of the book trade. Always staying close to prevailing opinion while remaining flexible enough to embrace shifts in the established order, legal publishers have succeeded in becoming a major component of the legal system. This work describes strategies for success in the world of legal literature from its beginnings in the 19th century up to the early post-war era.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110420951
ISBN:: 9783110425673
ISBN:: 9783110420951
ISBN:: 9783110421019
Subject:: Law
Subject:: History, Philosophy and Sociology of Law
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Publishing and Book Trade
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur