On the Burning of Books: How Flames Fail to Destroy the Written Word

by Kenneth Baker

Book Overview

The burning of a book is recognizably powerful action--a fiery rejection of an ideology or a declaration of a text's moral offense. But, since the invention of the printing press in the sixteenth century, the act of burning a book has become mostly symbolic--very rarely can a book's content be expunged from the written record. In this heavily illustrated book, Kenneth Baker offers an enlightening history of the practice of book burning, often by desperate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910787116
• ISBN13: 9781910787113
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.7"