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Gutenberg Elegies, The
Autor: Sven Birkerts
A reissue of the book that first examined the future of reading and
literature in the electronic age, now with a new introduction and
Afterword In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age, are
we sacrificing our literary culture? Renowned critic...
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A reissue of the book that first examined the future of reading and
literature in the electronic age, now with a new introduction and
Afterword In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age, are
we sacrificing our literary culture? Renowned critic Sven Birkerts
believes the answer is an alarming yes. In The Gutenberg Elegies, he
explores the impact of technology on the experience of reading. Drawing
on his own passionate, lifelong love of books, Birkerts examines how
literature intimately shapes and nourishes the inner life. What does it
mean to “hear” a book on audiotape or decipher its words in electronic
form on a laptop screen? Can the world created by Henry James exist in
an era defined by the work of Bill Gates? Are books as we know
them
- Vydavateľstvo: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Rok vydania: 2006
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 216 x 140 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9780865479579
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