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Future of the Book (96 Edition)

by Geoffrey (ed.) Nunberg

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ISBN13: 9780520204515
ISBN10: 0520204514
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Publisher Comments:

The death of the book has been duly announced, and with it the end of brick-and-mortar libraries, traditional publishers, linear narrative, authorship, and disciplinarity, along with the emergence of a more equitable discursive order. These essays suggest that it won't be that simple. While the contributors to this volume are enthusiastic about the possibilities created by digital technologies, they also see the new meida raising serious critical issues that force us to reexamine basic notions about rhetoric, reading, and the nature of discourse itself.

Book News Annotation:

A dozen essays from a July 1994 conference at the University of San Marino argue that a total shift to electronic information media would trigger wrenching social and cultural dislocations. Among their perspectives are the pragmatics of the new, farewell to the information age, toward meta-reading, hypertext and authorship, and the body of the text. They avoid the usual fetish arguments such as curling up in bed or leather bindings and pipes. Novelist Umberto Eco provides an afterward. No index or word search.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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ISBN:
9780520204515
Editor:
Nunberg, Geoffrey
Other:
Eco, Umberto
Editor:
Nunberg, Geoffrey
Publisher:
University of California Press
Location:
Berkeley :
Subject:
General
Subject:
English
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Books & Reading
Subject:
Books and reading
Subject:
Databases
Subject:
Written communication
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references.
Series Volume:
7
Publication Date:
December 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
250
Dimensions:
9.02x6.32x.78 in. .99 lbs.

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