| The Book Contributor(s): Borsuk, Amaranth (Author), Mollo-Christensen, Sarah (Read by) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798200596485 Publisher: Gildan Media Corporation OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishers & Publishing Industry - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 002 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amaranth Borsuk considers the history of the book, the future of the book, and the idea of the book. Tracing the interrelationship of form and content in the book's development, she bridges book history, book arts, and electronic literature to expand our definition of an object we thought we knew intimately. Contrary to the many reports of its death (which has been blamed at various times on newspapers, television, and e-readers), the book is alive. Despite nostalgic paeans to the codex and its printed pages, Borsuk reminds us, the term book commonly refers to both medium and content. And the medium has proved to be malleable. Rather than pinning our notion of the book to a single form, Borsuk argues, we should remember its long history of transformation. Considering the book as object, content, idea, and interface, she shows that the physical form of the book has always been the site of experimentation and play. Rather than creating a false dichotomy between print and digital media, we should appreciate their continuities. |