ATG Book of the Week: Printing and Prophecy: Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550

Title: Printing and Prophecy Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550

Author: Jonathan Green

ISBN: Hardcover:978-0-472-11783-3; Ebook 978-0-472-02758-3
Price: Hardcover: $70;  e-book (DRM Protected PDF Document) $60
Imprint: Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012,  280 pages.

“Printing and Prophecy: Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550 examines prognostic traditions and late medieval prophetic texts in the first century of printing and their effect on the new medium of print… Based on a wide reading of many sources, Printing and Prophecy contributes to the study of early modern literature, including how print changed the relationship among authors, readers, and texts…  By combining the methods of cultural studies and book history, this volume brings a new perspective to the study of Gutenberg and later printers.”