Orality and Literacy: 30th Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Ong, Walter J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415538386 ISBN-13: 9780415538381 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
Dewey: 306.44 |
LCCN: 2012005539 |
Series: New Accents |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.70 lbs) 264 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Walter J. Ong's classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of oral, written, printed and electronic technologies, and their impact on philosophical, theological, scientific and literary thought. This thirtieth anniversary edition - coinciding with Ong's centenary year - reproduces his best-known and most influential book in full and brings it up to date with two new exploratory essays by cultural writer and critic John Hartley. Hartley provides:
These illuminating essays contextualize Ong within recent intellectual history, and display his work's continuing force in the ongoing study of the relationship between literature and the media, as well as that of psychology, education and sociological thought. |