Archer-Parré, C and Mussell, J orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-1557 (2023) Introduction: Letterpress Printing: Past, Present, Future. In: Archer-Parré, C and Mussell, J, (eds.) Letterpress Printing: Past, Present, Future. Printing History and Culture, 4 . Peter Lang ISBN 9781800799295
Abstract
Letterpress Printing: Past, Present, Future brings together scholars, curators, collectors and printers to assess the current state of letterpress printing. It acknowledges the decline of letterpress as a commercial printing technique and considers the risks this poses for letterpress’s future. However, in describing the many uses to which letterpress is put and the diverse communities of printers who still work with it, the book celebrates the tenacity of letterpress as a process which continues to thrive despite such challenges. Letterpress Printing examines the continuing life of letterpress and applauds its revival through describing the circumstances in which it flourishes and the many ways it is now used. By setting this revival in the context of its ostensible decline, the book sets out the ways in which current practice draws upon and preserves the history of printing while taking it in new and unexpected directions.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2023. This is an author produced version of a book chapter published in Letterpress Printing Past, Present, Future. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | letterpress, printing, type, Letterpress Printing, Caroline Archer-Parré, James Mussell |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) AH/P013473/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2023 11:14 |
Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2024 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Peter Lang |
Series Name: | Printing History and Culture |
Identification Number: | 10.3726/b19889 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:198331 |