{"product_id":"inscription-and-erasure-literature-and-written-culture-from-the-eleventh-to-the-eighteenth-century-by-roger-chartier-arthur-goldhammer","title":"Inscription and Erasure: Literature and Written Culture from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century by Roger Chartier, Arthur Goldhammer","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780812220469\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10 April 2007\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 224 Pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fear of oblivion obsessed medieval and early modern Europe. Stone, wood, cloth, parchment, and paper all provided media onto which writing was inscribed as a way to ward off loss. And the task was not easy in a world in which writing could be destroyed, manuscripts lost, or books menaced with destruction. Paradoxically, the successful spread of printing posed another danger, namely, that an uncontrollable proliferation of textual materials, of matter without order or limit, might allow useless texts to multiply and smother thought. Not everything written was destined for the archives; indeed, much was written on surfaces that allowed one to write, erase, then write again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47193899597986,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/71xBRszJUiL._SY342.jpg?v=1776858980","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/inscription-and-erasure-literature-and-written-culture-from-the-eleventh-to-the-eighteenth-century-by-roger-chartier-arthur-goldhammer","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}