Books no longer have the prestige of the past and are no longer the masters of our reason and emotion, because today we are faced with a brand-new communication and information tool owned by human beings. ? The revolution has been declared or actually started, and we will transition from paper books to electronic text and video books. How to locate this revolution?

Starting from the author, text, books and readers, this book introduces how the characters from 14 to 18 centuries were classified, catalogued and archived, and the understanding and feelings of all relevant personnel and institutions on the characters and printed materials.

2. Shakespeare and Books: From Popular Entertainment to Literary Classics

Shakespeare's comedies began with the performance manuscripts, then became readable books, and finally changed from mass entertainment to English literary classics. This book gives an authoritative description of this process. Caston, a professor at Yale University in the United States, is one of the literary scholars who are widely read in contemporary times.

In this book, the author discusses the motives and activities of Shakespeare's early publishers with unusual breadth and elegance, as well as an odd split that existed in the18th century: on the one hand, Shakespeare was wildly modified on the stage to meet the interests of the audience at that time; On the other hand, scholars have been trying to establish and restore Shakespeare's plays? Real? Words.

3. Introduction to book history: the past and future of books.

Contrary to the assertion that books are bound to die out, books are produced more and more, both in types and in print runs. But more and more consumers are choosing other options, whether for information or entertainment. However, the nature of this reading may strengthen the development of global cultural homogeneity.

This book comprehensively introduces the development course, changing trend, academic theory and methods of the study of western book history in the past hundred years. It is a wonderful work that comprehensively reviews the study of western book history at multiple levels and angles. In western academic and intellectual circles, it is not only an introductory reading for beginners of book history, but also a necessary desk for readers to grasp the development context and trend of book history theory.

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