| Language Machines: Technologies of Literary and Cultural Production Contributor(s): Masten, Jeffrey (Editor), Stallybrass, Peter (Editor), Vickers, Nancy J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415918642 ISBN-13: 9780415918640 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: Language is now and always has been produced by a variety of machines. But within this proposition lie the histories not only of language but of the idea of machinery, and of the body as a machine.These provocative and rich essays argue persuasively that language is no disembodied essence but instead deeply, resolutely material. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 306.44 |
| LCCN: 97-7321 |
| Series: English Institute |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.93" W x 8.92" (0.86 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Language Machines questions any easily progressive model of technological change, demonstrating the persistence rather than the obsolescence of language technologies over time, the continuous and complicated overlap of pens, presses, screens and voice. In these essays new technologies do not simply replace, but rather draw upon, absorb, displace and resituate earlier technologies. |
