The Gutenberg Elegies
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The Gutenberg Elegies is a collection of essays by Sven Birkerts that reflects on the cultural and intellectual consequences of the shift from print to digital media.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Gutenberg Elegies canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Sven Birkerts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely discussed in debates about reading and technology ⓘ |
| format |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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literary criticism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasEdition | The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | essays ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
attention and distraction
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future of the book ⓘ impact of digital technologies on culture ⓘ individualism and reading ⓘ memory and technology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
print culture
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rise of electronic media ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
cultural critics
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general readers ⓘ literary scholars ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
books
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digital media ⓘ literacy ⓘ print culture ⓘ reading ⓘ technology and culture ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
concern about decline of deep reading
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critique of electronic media ⓘ reflection on transition from print to digital culture ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| subtitle | The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
emergent digital age
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late 20th century ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Sven Birkerts