The eighteenth century has generally been understood as the Age of
Print, when the new medium revolutionized the literary world and
rendered manuscript culture obsolete. After Print, however, reveals
that the story isn't so simple. Manuscript remained a vital,
effective, and even preferred forum for professional and amateur
authors working across fields such as literature, science,
politics, religion, and business through the Romantic period. The
contributors to this book offer a survey of the manuscript culture
of the time, discussing handwritten culinary recipes, the poetry of
John Keats, Benjamin Franklin's letters about his electrical
experiments, and more. Collectively, the essays demonstrate that
what has often been seen as the amateur, feminine, and aristocratic
world of handwritten exchange thrived despite the spread of the
printed word. In so doing, they undermine the standard
print-manuscript binary and advocate for a critical stance that
better understands the important relationship between the media.
Bringing together work from literary scholars, librarians, and
digital humanists, the diverse essays in After Print offer a new
model for archival research, pulling from an exciting variety of
fields to demonstrate that manuscript culture did not die out but,
rather, may have been revitalized by the advent of printing.
Contributors: Leith Davis, Simon Fraser University * Margaret J. M.
Ezell, Texas A&M University * Emily C. Friedman, Auburn
University * Kathryn R. King, University of Montevallo * Michelle
Levy, Simon Fraser University * Marissa Nicosia, Penn State
Abington * Philip S. Palmer, Morgan Library and Museum * Colin T.
Ramsey, Appalachian State University * Brian Rejak, Illinois State
University * Beth Fowkes Tobin, University of Georgia * Andrew O.
Winckles, Adrian College
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