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The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age

by Sven Birkerts

Author Sven Birkerts
Publisher Faber & Faber
Publication Date 2006-11-14
Section Technology, Culture & Media

Type New
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780865479579

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

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