The Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850 by Simon Franklin poetry ‘Christmas brings the indestructibility of

‘Christmas brings the indestructibility of hope in times of the greatest hopelessness

millennial prophecies

anyone can produce more wealth

Rory Finnin provides an innovative cultural history of the Black Sea region

to nuclear new towns of the Fifties

The Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850 by Simon Franklin poetry ‘Christmas brings the indestructibility ofThe 'graphosphere' is the dynamic space of visible words. Graphospheres mutate, they are reconfigured with changes in technology, in modes of production, in social structures, in fashion and taste. The graphospheric environment can be public or private, monumental or ephemeral. This book explores a new approach to the study of writing, with a focus on Russia during its 'long early modernity' from the late fifteenth century to the early nineteenth