UID:
(DE-602)gbv_766723887
Format:
VIII, 232 S.
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24 cm
Edition:
Issued also in electronic format
ISBN:
9780773542501
,
0773541780
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9780773541788
Content:
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
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Introduction: A return to the educated imagination
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Why I read War and Peace on a Kindle (and bought the book when I was done)
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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
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Solitary reading in an age of compulsory sharing
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Literature as virtual reality
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How Molière and Co. helped me get my students hooked on literature
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A world without books?
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Language speaks us: Sophie's tree and the paradox of self
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The end of reading
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Cold heaven, cold comfort: Should we read or teach literature now?
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Fragments from an entirely subjective story of reading
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A very good chance of getting somewhere else
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Thinking deeply in reading and writing
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Don't panic: Reading literature in the digital age
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Why read against the grain?: Confessions of an addict
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Issued also in electronic format
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773589872
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773589889
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773589889
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0773589880
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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English Studies
Keywords:
Lesekultur
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Literatur
;
Soziale Funktion
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Geschichte 2000-2013
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