The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology, and the Arts
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Book Overview
The personal computer has revolutionized communication, and digitized text has introduced a radically new medium of expression. Interactive, volatile, mixing word and image, the electronic word challenges our assumptions about the shape of culture itself. This highly acclaimed collection of Richard Lanham's witty, provocative, and engaging essays surveys the effects of electronic text on the arts and letters. Lanham explores how electronic...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226468836
ISBN13:9780226468839
Release Date:December 1993
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:302 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Business & Management College & University Computer Science Computers & Technology Criticism & Theory Culture Education Education & Reference Electronic Documents Future of Computing Graphic Design History & Criticism Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Mathematics Movements & Periods Politics & Social Sciences Rhetoric Science & Math Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks Words, Language & GrammarCustomer Reviews
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thoughtful and elegant
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
He describes the transformation of idea and language in the electronic age with grace and wit and joy. For everyone of us who has greeted the information age with something less than wholehearted enthusiasm, I recommend Lanham's deeply thoughtful, elegant philosophy.
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