Error, Misuse, Failure

Error, Misuse, Failure Object Lessons from the English Renaissance

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Publisher's Synopsis

This analysis amounts to a recasting of the English Renaissance. Yates examines the language used in everyday life to describe the failure, misuse or abuse of technological devices, from the printed word to the privy. In doing so he achieves new insights into the culture of Renaissance England.

Book information

ISBN: 9780816639625
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 820.9003
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 366g
Height: 228mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 14mm