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Disertacijos buvo sumodeliuota taikant sisteminę knygos kultūros tyrimo paradigmą. Pirmojoje dalyje sprendžiama regioninės knygos kultūros teorinė problema (apibrėžiamas regionas ir regioninė kultūra, išgryninama regioninės knygos kultūros samprata, apibrėžiama XX a. pirmosios pusės Žemaitijos regiono teritorinė erdvė, nustatomos bendrakultūrinės integracijos sąlygos ir išryškinamas žemaičių regionalistinis kultūrinis sąjūdis). Antrojoje dalyje įvertinama regiono leidybos organizacija, išryškinant leidybos dinamiką, centralizaciją, leidėjų sudėtį ir kontrolę bei iškeliant leidybinės kultūros prioritetus, detaliai nagrinėjamas regiono poligrafijos įmonių tinklo susiformavimas ir funkcionalumas, pogrindinių spaustuvių sudėtis, veiklos apimtys ir tikslai, taip pat analizuojama knygrišystė, kaip spaudos pramonės ir amatininkystės dalis. Trečiojoje dalyje analizuojamas knygų visetas pagal autorių teritorinę kilmę taip pat atliekant prozopografinę analizę gilinant Lietuvos ir lietuvių autorių kontingento sudėties link. Viseto sandaros analizėje taip pat susitelkiama į kalbinės, teminės ir tipologinės struktūros raidą. Dėsninga, kad regiono bendruomenės dalyvavimas knygos versle buvo adekvačiai proporcingas regioninės kultūros plėtrai, todėl kiekviena leidybinė iniciatyva pirmiausia kėlė regiono kultūrą, o tik vėliau jos brandesnė dalis galėjo turėti įtakos ir lietuvių nacijos poreikių raidai. / Dissertation was modeled using a systematic study of the book culture paradigm. The first part of the book dealt with the regional cultural theoretical problem (defined region and the regional culture, purify the concept of regional book culture, defined the twentieth century. Žemaitijos the first half of the region's territorial space, the conditions laid down general cultural integration and some regional highlights the Samogitian Cultural Movement). The second part assesses the publishing organization in the region, highlighting the dynamics of publishing, centralization and control of content publishers and publishing by bringing the cultural priorities of the depth at the region of the printing company formation and functionality of the network, underground printing houses in the composition, scope of activities and objectives, as well as analyzes of bookbinding, the printing industry parts and crafts. The third section analyzes the books by author Visetas territorial origin as well as the analysis of the deepening prozopografinę Lithuania and Lithuanian contingent link. Visetas structure analysis also focuses on the linguistic, thematic and typological structures. It is natural that the participation of the regional community in the book business was proportional to the expansion of regional culture; therefore every publishing initiative primarily elevated the region’s culture and only later its more sophisticated parts could exert impact on the development on the needs... [to full text]

Santraukoje pristatomas disertacijos temos aktualumas, tyrimo problema, istoriografija, šaltinių bazė, tyrimo objektas, tyrimo tikslas, uždaviniai, metodologija, ginamieji teiginiai, darbo naujumas ir išvados. Pateikiama informacija apie autoriu, jo mokslinę produkciją. / In summary of the doctoral dissertation are: relevance and the research problem, historiography, primary resources, the object of the research,the aim of the resear, tasks, methodology, the defended claims, the newness of the research, conclusions, and information on the author.

This thesis explores how the reader is invited to read the books of Martial’s Epigrams, arguing that the epigrammatist has arranged the poems in his libelli in a specific order that rewards a sequential reading of the text from start to finish. Instead of viewing Martial as an anthologist who collated a series of occasional poems for their later publication, the thesis demonstrates that the poet showed awareness of his epigrams’ position within a larger ‘contexture’, and that he primes the reader throughout the Epigrams to envisage the books as thematically unified wholes. By viewing the Epigrams as a text to be read from beginning to end, rather than a text to be excerpted and anthologised, one can read each epigram in the wider context of its book, and better appreciate that book’s structural unity. Chapter one introduces the issues at stake in how one reads a book of epigrams, and provides the thesis’ methodological approach. Special attention is paid to the phenomenology of reading as a hermeneutic act, drawing together approaches to the Epigrams from classical scholarship as well as from reception and comic book theories to detail the method of ‘cumulative reading’ employed in the thesis. The second chapter then examines how Martial characterises the lector studiosus in his text, and how this depicted reader acts as a model for the actual reader to follow in their own sequential reading of the Epigrams. Chapter three focuses on Epigrams 7, demonstrating that the opening poems of the book establish the emperor Domitian as a thematic centrepiece around whom the rest of the book’s themes cluster. The fourth chapter also examines book 7, demonstrating how two different uses of watery motifs develop their individual thematic unity across the book, while also linking themselves back to the book’s opening imperial cycle to craft an overarching structural unity for the libellus. Chapter five then gives an overview of the larger structure of the Epigrams, arguing that the paratextual prose prefaces in books 1, 2, 8, 9, and 12 reinforce the individuality of the books they precede as well as establishing their own place within the wider corpus. Overall, this thesis puts the epigrammatic libellus back into the context of late first century AD book culture, emphasising that Martial paid attention not only to his epigrams’ position within their own books, but also their place within the wider corpus.

This project is an analytical history of the discourse of media panics that have affected comics-like forms in the mid- to late-1800s, comic books in the mid-1900s, and comics media in 1990s and the contemporary moment. The study of these media panics shapes a theory of nerd culture in general and comics culture specifically in order to better understand the delicate and foundational dialectic that sustains a consumer identity that is paradoxical in its indulgence in and animosity towards popular culture. With its historical formation in mind, this project explores the formation of geek chic as a consumer identity that, in many ways, troubles and even threatens the status quo of nerd culture.

Petra Bolková will be examining in her thesis the evolution of photography used on book covers in the 1960s; the period marked with certain political and cultural liberation. This study will attempt describing systematically in what ways certain artists and writers collaborated and what the difficulties of these collaborations were. It will also be examined how the author of a book and the artist delegated to design the book cover; the initial advertisement for a book, were influencing each other. What is more, the extent to which the graphic art reflects the content of the written word will be studied. Book covers became a covert space for experimenting with or even establishing new trends in the 1960s. Books covers became a new, independent fine art discipline which, essentially, was censored or criticized only occasionally. The goal of this thesis will also be gradually finding the numerous common grounds between photography, book typography and the final design, as photography and photomontage were used on book covers more frequently then classic original illustrations. Last but not least, this thesis will be looking at what emphasis was put on the visual side and how it was conditioned culturally or politically ect.

To the present-day reader texts are widely available. However, to the early modern reader this access was limited. While book ownership increased in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was not universal – even libraries were both limited in their collections and exclusive to the communities they served. Libraries were to be found all over Early Modern England, from city libraries to town subscription libraries. One could gain access to books but these collections were often rather limited in the variety and number of books they offered. Undoubtedly many libraries purchased books for their collections, but frequently books were also given to them by benefactors. One fine example of a community library which reflects its readers and members is the library of St Peter’s Cathedral, York Minster. York Minister library owes its existence to traceable benefactors and donations. One could study the collection to give an insight into reading practices and interests of the Early Modern Period. But in doing so we fall foul of becoming static and failing to develop the historiography of Book History. Instead, we can re-evaluate this collection by drawing from the old focus of genres but shifting this focus and approach the collection from a different path: a material path. These books resonate value. Not solely due to their genres and subject matter, but their value is also generated in how the books became accessible, through generosity and donation. As donations from benefactors these books should not be considered solely as works of literature, but as gifts from one agent to another. Gifts given with both intention and purpose.

The dissertation looks into the book culture, book production and readership in the kingdom of Bohemia in early humanism. It explores the conditions of rise and reception of book printing in the kingdom of Bohemia. The mind-set of the Utraquist society, resistant to the influence from abroad, international isolation of the Utraquist Bohemia and the previous insignificant manuscript production proved to be the factors which failed to encourage the arrival of book printing in the country. The initial advancement of book printing was hesitant and could not to keep up with the more developed trade abroad. The Czech printing production related to the efforts of reformation to further enhance the moral status of the society soon turned to disseminating literature in the vernacular, yet often they were translated literature. The early Czech printed production however was affected by low quality and quantity of prints and was not of the significance declared by the previous generations of researchers. Personalities of the Catholic society were more inclusive about new ideas from abroad. In the contemporary society the Catholics were therefore the first ones to embrace book printing and also they were quicker in reception of humanism. The early humanist literature in Bohemia is related to the personality of...

The Master's thesis follows professional work of Jaroslav Pospisil. Briefly presented the Pospisil's family from Jan Hostivít Pospisil, who founded the family business, to Jaroslav's successor Jaroslav Pospisil junior. Considerable attention will be paid to the composition of the editorial program. It will not be missed out nor Pospíšil's social functions, eg. Association of booksellers and and publishers. Keywords: Publishing houses, book printing, bookstore, publishers and publishing, booksellers, book culture, publishers' catalogs, books, culture and society, fading

(in English): The diploma thesis opens a new perspective on Jan Werich - famous Czech writer, playwright and actor. Its goal is to describe part played by books in formation of character, life and work of this eminent personality of Czech culture and social impact of his work. An important part of this work is the reconstruction of contents of Jan Werich's personal library. The thesis is based on analysis of Werich's literary work, analysis of collection of personal documents in Literary archive of The Museum of Czech Literature, study of documents in the archive of Theatre ABC and Prague City Archives. It is also based on testimonies of some close Werich's friends and on reader's survey "The books of Jan Werich". First chapter is concerned with Jan Werich's personal library. It describes the search for destiny of this library, on its probable current situation and on various sources for the reconstruction of its contents. It also contains information on Werich's work with a book, mostly on lending and borrowing books and on property marking of documents. The main part of first chapter is the reconstruction of contents of Jan Werich's personal library; its bibliogprahy forms an appendix to this work. Second chapter deals with social impact of Werich's artwork in several fields - presence of books...