The Printed Book in Contemporary American Culture Medium, Object, Metaphor

“This relevant and timely book … . I won’t be satisfied until I possess a physical copy of this useful and thought-provoking collection.” (Glyn White, Textual Cultures, Vol. 14 (1), 2021)

“The Printed Book in Contemporary American Culture an unequivocally thorough study on the printed book in the early twenty-first century … . Schaefer and Starre have composed a volume brimming withfresh insight, comprehensive research, and interdisciplinary perspectives that brings forth the richness in contemporary engagements with the printed book. Skillfully calibrated to ensure smooth transitions across chapters, The Printed Book in Contemporary American Culture reveals the current media landscape as a transformative terrain forthe printed book’s regeneration.” (Thomas Mantzaris, European Journal of American Studies, Vol. 16 (4), 2021)

Heike Schaefer is Professor of North American Literature and Culture at the University of Education Karlsruhe, Germany. She is the author of American Literature and Immediacy: Literary Innovation and the Emergence of Photography, Film, and Television (2019) and Mary Austin’s Regionalism (2004) and co-editor of Network Theory and American Studies (2015) and Literary Knowledge Production and the Life Sciences (2017).

Alexander Starre is Assistant Professor of North American Culture at the John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He is the author of Metamedia: American Book Fictions and Literary Print Culture after Digitization (2015) and co-editor of Projecting American Studies: Essays on Theory, Method, and Practice (2018).