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Scripts, Grooves, and Writing Machines

Representing Technology in the Edison Era
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This is a richly imaginative study of machines for writing and reading at the end of the nineteenth century in America. Its aim is to explore writing and reading as culturally contingent experiences, and at the same time to broaden our view of the relationship between technology and textuality. At the book s heart is the proposition that technologies of inscription are materialized theories of language. Whether they failed (like Thomas Edison s electric pen) or succeeded (like typewriters), inscriptive technologies of the late nineteenth century were local, often competitive embodiments of the way people experienced writing and reading. Such a perspective cuts through the determinism of recent accounts while arguing for an interdisciplinary method for considering texts and textual production.

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Lisa Gitelman is Assistant Professor of English and Media Studies at the Catholic University of America.
Release date NZ
January 1st, 2000
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  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Pages
304
Dimensions
140x216x23
ISBN-13
9780804738729
Product ID
4731748

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