Like Borges, Desmazieres has created his own universe, his own definition of the meaning, topography and geography of the Library of Babel.

Contains opinions and comment on other currently published newspapers and magazines, a selection of poetry, essays, historical events, voyages, news (foreign and domestic) including news of North America, a register of the month's new ...

Gathers Poe's essays on the theory of poetry, the art of fiction, the role of the critic, leading nineteenth-century writers, and the New York literary world.

An Introduction to Book Historyprovides a comprehensive critical introduction to the development of the book and print culture.

A science fiction book that narrates the story of a futuristic society where all books are banished and firefighters are assigned the job of burning the books and the house or building that contains the books rather than putting out fires.

The papers collected in this volume discuss descriptive methods and present conclusions relevant for the history of the book production and reception.

Paratexts are those liminal devices and conventions, both within and outside the book, that form part of the complex mediation between book, author, publisher and reader: titles, forewords, epigraphs and publishers' jacket copy are part of ...

This unique volume presents a Borges almost entirely unknown to American readers: his extraordinary non-fiction prose.