Author: Blake Morrison
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385672187
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose heretical invention was to change history. Some sixty years later he died — robbed of his business, his printing presses, and, so he thought, his immortality. In his dazzling first novel, Morrison gives us Gutenberg’s “testament” — his justification, dictated to one of the young scribes his invention will soon put out of work. Thus Morrison conjures up the haunting figure of Gutenberg himself: a man who gambled everything — money, honour, friendship and a woman’s love — on the greatest invention of the last millennium.
Justification of Johann Gutenberg
Author: Blake Morrison
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385672187
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose heretical invention was to change history. Some sixty years later he died — robbed of his business, his printing presses, and, so he thought, his immortality. In his dazzling first novel, Morrison gives us Gutenberg’s “testament” — his justification, dictated to one of the young scribes his invention will soon put out of work. Thus Morrison conjures up the haunting figure of Gutenberg himself: a man who gambled everything — money, honour, friendship and a woman’s love — on the greatest invention of the last millennium.
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385672187
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose heretical invention was to change history. Some sixty years later he died — robbed of his business, his printing presses, and, so he thought, his immortality. In his dazzling first novel, Morrison gives us Gutenberg’s “testament” — his justification, dictated to one of the young scribes his invention will soon put out of work. Thus Morrison conjures up the haunting figure of Gutenberg himself: a man who gambled everything — money, honour, friendship and a woman’s love — on the greatest invention of the last millennium.
The Justification of Johann Gutenberg
Author: Blake Morrison
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060935719
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Blake Morrison has woven a stunning novel around the few facts known about the life and work of Johann Gensfleisch (aka Gutenberg), master printer, charmer, con man, and visionary -- the man who invented "artificial writing" and printed the Gutenberg Bible, putting thousands of monks out of work. In this dazzling debut novel, Morrison gives Gutenberg's final testament: a justification and apologia he dictated, ironically, to one of the young scribes made obsolete by his invention of movable metal type. Through the eyes of the aging narrator, we see the Middle Ages in a strange new light and witness a moment of cultural transition as dramatic as the communications revolution of today.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060935719
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Blake Morrison has woven a stunning novel around the few facts known about the life and work of Johann Gensfleisch (aka Gutenberg), master printer, charmer, con man, and visionary -- the man who invented "artificial writing" and printed the Gutenberg Bible, putting thousands of monks out of work. In this dazzling debut novel, Morrison gives Gutenberg's final testament: a justification and apologia he dictated, ironically, to one of the young scribes made obsolete by his invention of movable metal type. Through the eyes of the aging narrator, we see the Middle Ages in a strange new light and witness a moment of cultural transition as dramatic as the communications revolution of today.
Justification of Johann Gutenberg P
Author: Blake Morison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780099295426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780099295426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Johann Gutenberg and the Printing Press
Author: Kay Melchisedech Olson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736896443
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Tells the story of Johann Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press. Written in graphic-novel format.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736896443
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Tells the story of Johann Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press. Written in graphic-novel format.
Johannes Gutenberg
Author: Stephen Feinstein
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9781598450774
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Describes the life and career of Johannes Gutenberg, including the history of written text before his invention of the movable type press, and the advancements in printing made after his death.
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9781598450774
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Describes the life and career of Johannes Gutenberg, including the history of written text before his invention of the movable type press, and the advancements in printing made after his death.
Johannes Gutenberg: Printing Press Innovator
Author: Sue Vander Hook
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 160453916X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
This title examines the remarkable life of Johannes Gutenberg and his innovation of the printing press. Readers will learn about Gutenberg's background and education, as well as his creation of the Gutenberg Bible for the Catholic Church. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Publishing Pioneers is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 160453916X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
This title examines the remarkable life of Johannes Gutenberg and his innovation of the printing press. Readers will learn about Gutenberg's background and education, as well as his creation of the Gutenberg Bible for the Catholic Church. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Publishing Pioneers is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Wings for Words
Author: Douglas Crawford McMurtrie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gutenberg
Author: Hessels
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Hard Times
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Observations on the Mystery of Print and the Work of Johann Gutenberg
Author: Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Publisher: New York : s.n.
ISBN:
Category : Printing
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
We the Book Manufacturers' Institute are engaged in a solemn endeavor to bring to fruition this co-operation among the several groups whose labors go into the making of a book, and one of the most agreeable tasks afforded us during the course of a year is the planning and preparation of a volume to be distributed at the annual Book Fair, the provision of a work which thousands will read and cherish as a souvenir of a truly memorable event. -- Foreword.
Publisher: New York : s.n.
ISBN:
Category : Printing
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
We the Book Manufacturers' Institute are engaged in a solemn endeavor to bring to fruition this co-operation among the several groups whose labors go into the making of a book, and one of the most agreeable tasks afforded us during the course of a year is the planning and preparation of a volume to be distributed at the annual Book Fair, the provision of a work which thousands will read and cherish as a souvenir of a truly memorable event. -- Foreword.