Professor of French Geoffrey Turnovsky was recently featured in episode 639 of The History of Literature podcast, titled "Immersed in Print". In the episode, host Jacke Wilson and Professor Turnvosky discuss his newest book, Reading Typographically: Immersed in Print in Early Modern France, and the stereotypes and myths centering around the act of reading a print-based book - and what insights they might deliver to readers in an age of digitization.
Reading Typographically: Immersed in Print in Early Modern France, published by Stanford University Press, was released in June. Exploring key evolutions in print in 17th- and 18th-century France, from typeface, print runs, and format to punctuation and the editorial adaptation of manuscript and oral forms in print, this book argues that typographic developments upholding the transparency of the printed medium were decisive for the ascendancy of immersive reading as a dominant paradigm that shaped modern perspectives on reading and literacy.
The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on The History of Literature website. More information on Reading Typographically can be found on the publisher's website.