The Matter of the Page: Essays in Search of Ancient and Medieval Authors

by Shane Butler

Ancient and medieval literary texts often call attention to their existence as physical objects. Shane Butler helps us to understand why. Arguing that writing has always been as much a material struggle as an intellectual one, The Matter of the Page offers timely lessons for the digital age about how creativity works and why literature moves us.
Butler begins with some considerations about the materiality of the literary text, both as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299248240
• ISBN13: 9780299248246
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"