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The Future of the Bookby Geoffrey Nunberg
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher 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) What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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