Description
| Product ID: | 9781108819688 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Culture |
| Title: | Book, Text, Medium |
| Subtitle: | Cross-Sectional Reading for a Digital Age |
| Authors: | Author: Garrett Stewart |
| Page Count: | 225 |
| Subjects: | Prints and printmaking, Prints & printmaking, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Publishing and book trade, Impact of science and technology on society, Printing and reprographic technologies, Literary theory, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Publishing industry & book trade, Impact of science & technology on society, Printing & reprographic technology |
| Description: | This book assess the transformative arc between medieval books and today's e-books. It will appeal to graduates and researchers working in the 21st century literary studies generally, in the relationships between the book and the digital age specifically. Book, Text, Medium: Cross Sectional Reading for a Digital Age utilizes codex history, close reading, and language philosophy to assess the transformative arc between medieval books and today''s e-books. It examines what happens to the reading experience in the twenty-first century when the original concept of a book is still held in the mind of a reader, if no longer in the reader''s hand. Leading critic Garrett Stewart explores the play of mediation more generally, as the concept of book moves from a manufactured object to simply the language it puts into circulation. Framed by digital poetics, phonorobotics, and the rising popularity of audiobooks, this study sheds new light on both the history of reading and the negation of legible print in conceptual book art. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-08-19 |
