The Gutenberg Elegies by Sven Birkerts

The Gutenberg Elegies by Sven Birkerts

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Discussing in personal and cultural terms the values of reading, and examining what may be lost as society turns towards CD-ROM, hypertext and audio books, the critic Sven Birkerts offers a defence of the place of reading and the printed word in the face of rapid technological advances.

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The Gutenberg Elegies by Sven Birkerts

Discussing in personal and cultural terms the values of reading, and examining what may be lost as society turns towards CD-ROM, hypertext and audio books, the critic Sven Birkerts offers a defence of the place of reading and the printed word in the face of rapid technological advances.
Birkerts, Sven: - Sven Birkerts is the author of several books, including The Art of Time in Memoir, Reading Life, Readings, and The Gutenberg Elegies. He has taught at Harvard University and currently directs the Bennington Writing Seminars and is the editor of AGNI. He lives in Massachusetts.
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ISBN 13 9780571198498
ISBN 10 057119849X
Title The Gutenberg Elegies
Author Sven Birkerts
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 1995-05-22
Number of pages 256
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