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The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
The Gutenberg Elegies The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
Author: Sven Birkerts
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ISBN-13: 9780865479579
ISBN-10: 0865479577
Publication Date: 11/14/2006
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Faber & Faber
Book Type: Paperback
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The chapters about reading text in print are the best I've ever seen about the process of reading: how does reading as kids affect us, as teenagers? whether we live in an age of vertical reading (one book many times) or horizontal reading (many books, few re-read). The later chapters about the effect of the Internet on reading are less valuable.