Avatars of the Word From Papyrus to Cyberspace |
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| Author:
| O'Donnell, James J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-00194-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2000 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $31.00 |
Book Description:
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O'Donnell takes a reading on the promise and the threat of electronic technology for our literate future. He reinterprets today's communication revolution through a series of refracted comparisons with earlier revolutionary periods: the transition from oral to written culture, from the papyrus scroll to the codex, from copied manuscript to print.
O'Donnell takes a reading on the promise and the threat of electronic technology for our literate future. He reinterprets today's communication revolution through a series of refracted comparisons with earlier revolutionary periods: the transition from oral to written culture, from the papyrus scroll to the codex, from copied manuscript to print.