Changing the Subject: Art and Attention in the Internet Age Contributor(s): Birkerts, Sven (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555977219 ISBN-13: 9781555977214 Publisher: Graywolf Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Technology & Engineering - Computers | Information Technology |
Dewey: 303.483 |
LCCN: 2015939975 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: Trenchant, expansive essays on the cultural consequences of ongoing, all-permeating technological innovation In 1994, Sven Birkerts published The Gutenberg Elegies, his celebrated rallying cry to resist the oncoming digital advances, especially those that might affect the way we read literature and experience art--the very cultural activities that make us human. |
Contributor Bio(s): Birkerts, Sven: - Sven Birkerts is the author of several books, including The Art of Time in Memoir, Reading Life, Readings, and The Gutenberg Elegies. He has taught at Harvard University and currently directs the Bennington Writing Seminars and is the editor of AGNI. He lives in Massachusetts. |