{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-initial-gavin-edwards-9781526146298","title":"The Case of the Initial Letter: Charles Dickens and the Politics of the Dual Alphabet","description":"The book analyses attempts by Dickens and other nineteenth-century writers to challenge established ways of using the distinction between upper and lower case letters, in the interests of a wider radicalism. It discusses Dickens's satire - on 'Shares' in Our Mutual Friend, on Paul Dombey's position as the 'Son' of Dombey and Son - alongside the proto-modernist typography of suffragist poet Augusta Webster and the work of Marx's translators transforming German conventions of capitalisation into English under the influence of Dickens and Carlyle. Placing these innovations within the history of the dual alphabet from its invention by Carolingian scribes to its rejection by modernist poets and the Bauhaus printers, the book tracks the dual alphabet through Dickens's manuscripts, corrected proofs, and the 'prompt copies' for his public Readings, highlighting distinct ways in which writing, printing and speech produce meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gavin Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526146290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526146298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Gavin Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983412855039,"sku":"9781526146298","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ef504e9-0e66-4420-924b-78611b04ee94.jpg?v=1683266494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-initial-gavin-edwards-9781526146298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}