The edge of the precipice : why read literature in the digital age? / edited by Paul Socken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Socken, Paul, Author.

Contributor:

Socken, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and the Internet.

Literature and technology.

Books and reading--Social aspects.

Books and reading.

Books and reading--Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can a case be made for reading literature in the digital age? Does literature still matter in this era of instant information? Is it even possible to advocate for serious, sustained reading with all manner of social media distracting us, fragmenting our concentration, and demanding short, rapid communication? In The Edge of the Precipice, Paul Socken brings together a thoughtful group of writers, editors, philosophers, librarians, archivists, and literary critics from Canada, the U.S., France, England, South Africa, and Australia to contemplate the state of literature in the twenty-first century. Including essays by outstanding contributors such as Alberto Manguel, Mark Kingwell, Lori Saint-Martin, Sven Birkerts, Katia Grubisic, Drew Nelles, and J. Hillis Miller, this collection presents a range of perspectives about the importance of reading literature today.

Contents:

Introduction: A Return to the Educated Imagination / Paul Socken

Technology, Science, and the Book. Why I Read War and Peace on a Kindle (and Bought the Book When I Was Done) / Michael Austin

Reading in a Digital Age: Notes on Why the Novel and the Internet Are Opposites, and Why the Latter Both Undermines the Former and Makes It More Necessary / Sven Birkerts

Solitary Reading in an Age of Compulsory Sharing / Drew Nelles

Physical and Philosophical Approaches. A World without Books? / Vincent Giroud

Language Speaks Us: Sophie's Tree and the Paradox of Self / Mark Kingwell

Poetic Readings. The End of Reading / Alberto Manguel

Cold Heaven, Cold Comfort: Should We Read or Teach Literature Now? / J. Hillis Miller - Fragments from an Entirely Subjective Story of Reading / Lori Saint-Martin

A Very Good Chance of Getting Somewhere Else / Katia Grubisic

Literature and the World (Part Two). Thinking Deeply in Reading and Writing / Keith Oatley

Don't Panic: Reading Literature in the Digital Age / Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia

Why Read against the Grain? Confessions of an Addict / Gerhard van der Linde.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780773542501

0773542507

9780773589889

0773589880

9780773589872

0773589872

OCLC:

843520458