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Avatars of the Word : From Papyrus to Cyberspace
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Avatars of the Word : From Papyrus to Cyberspace Paperback - 2000

by O'Donnell, James J

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The written word has been the central bearer of culture since antiquity. But its position is now being challenged by the powerful media of electronic communication. In this penetrating and witty book, James O'Donnell takes a reading on the promise and the threat of electronic technology for our literate future.

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  • Title Avatars of the Word : From Papyrus to Cyberspace
  • Author O'Donnell, James J
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Fourth printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 228
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard University Press, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000-05-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 39798211-6
  • ISBN 9780674001947 / 067400194X
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.24 x 5.52 x 0.59 in (20.93 x 14.02 x 1.50 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 302.230

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In this penetrating and witty book James 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. His engaging portrayals of these analogous epochal moments suggest that our steps into cyberspace are not as radical as we might think. Observing how technologies of the word have affected the shaping of culture in the past, and how technological transformation has been managed, we regain models that can help us navigate the electronic transformation now under way.

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Citations

  • Preaching Magazine, 01/01/2001, Page 7
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2000, Page 171

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