Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians

The Story of Books in Modern Spain

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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The word "bibliophilia" indicates a love of books, both as texts to be read and objects to be cherished for their physical qualities. Throughout the history of Iberian print culture, bibliophiles have attempted to explain the psychological experiences of reading and collecting books, as well as the social and economic conditions of book production.Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians analyses Spanish bibliophiles who catalogue, organize, and archive books, as well as the publishers, artists, and writers who create them. Robert Richmond Ellis examines how books are represented in modern Spanish writing and how Spanish bibliophiles reflect on the role of books in their lives and in the histories and cultures of modern Spain. Through the combined approaches of literary studies, book history, and the book arts, Ellis argues that two strains of Spanish bibliophilia coalesce in the modern period: one that envisions books as a means of achieving personal fulfilment, and another that engages with politics and uses books to affirm linguistic, cultural, and regional and national identities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-04-20
Mått160 x 231 x 28 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieToronto Iberic
Antal sidor320
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487542368

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments IntroductionBibliophiliaThe Spanish ContextPart 1: The Legend of the Murderous Bookman of BarcelonaA. The French Background of the TaleB. The Gazette and Flaubert Narratives and the Sartrean InterpretationC. Ramon Miquel i Planas as Bibliophile and CatalanistD. The Catalan Llegenda: Visual Innovation and Narrative RecoveryE. The Legacy of Fra VicentsPart 2: Bibliophiles, Bibliographers, and Bookstore BrowsersA. Bartolomé José GallardoB. Vicente Salvá and Pedro SalváC. Dionisio HidalgoD. AzorínPart 3: Lost Books and Textual RestitutionA. Re-imagining the Spanish Past: Library Fantasies in Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s La sombra del vientoB. Biblioclasm, Bibliophilia, and the Tenacity of Memory in Manuel Rivas’s Os libros arden malC. The Besieged Library of Sarajevo and the Marvelous Power of Literature in Juan Goytisolo’s El sitio de los sitiosPart 4: Nuria Amat and the Persistence of BooksA. The Writer-Librarian and the Library EffectB. Digital Technology and Book FeverC. The Return to the LibraryPart 5: Miquel Plana and the Book as a Work of ArtColophonNotesWorks CitedIndex

"A work of exceptional quality, and one that deserves a great deal of attention from those who labor in the vineyard of book culture… [Ellis’s] erudition greatly transcends any geographical or chronological boundaries of time and space and represents a singular interpretation of the human fondness for the book and what it represents to the daily lives of its readers and collectors." - Edward A. Goedeken, Iowa State University (Publishing Research Quarterly)