When Novels Were Books
Author | : Jordan Alexander Stein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2020 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674987043 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674987047 |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Download or read book When Novels Were Books written by Jordan Alexander Stein and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel was born religious, alongside Protestant texts produced in the same format by the same publishers. Novels borrowed features of these texts but over the years distinguished themselves, becoming the genre we know today. Jordan Alexander Stein traces this history, showing how the physical object of the book shaped the stories it contained.