Breaking the book : print humanities in the digital age / Laura Mandell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mandell, Laura, author.

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell manifestos

Wiley Blackwell manifestos

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature.

Books and reading--Technological innovations.

Books and reading.

Books and reading--Psychological aspects.

Criticism--Methodology.

Criticism.

Digital media.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Summary:

"Breaking the Book compares and contrasts the print with the digital revolution, emphasizing that those with one foot in manuscript and coterie print cultures have much to reveal to those of us who straddle mass print and new media. Along with altering our notions of what constitutes a "book," the transformation of the printed page to digital text has forced us to question long-held methodologies in literary criticism. In this new manifesto, noted media and digital humanities scholar Laura Mandell explores the cognitive consequences and emotional effects of human interactions with physical books, revealing why the traditional humanities disciplines are resistant to "digital" humanities." -- Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Pre-Bound 1

1 Language by the Book 3

Part II Bound 69

2 Print Subjectivity, or the Case History 71

3 Distributed Reading, or the Critic Filter 103

Part III Unbound 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index.

ISBN:

1118274555

9781118274552

OCLC:

909967909