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| Gutenberg Elegies Book Discussion Group |
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Event Description
In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age, are we sacrificing our literary culture? Renowned critic Sven Birkerts believes the answer is an alarming yes. In The Gutenberg Elegies, he explores the impact of technology on the experience of reading. Drawing on his own passionate, lifelong love of books, Birkerts examines how literature intimately shapes and nourishes the inner life. What does it mean to "hear" a book on audiotape, decipher its words on a screen, or interact with it on CD-ROM? Are books as we know them dead?
At once a celebration of the complex pleasures of reading and a boldly original challenge to the new information technologies, The Gutenberg Elegies is an essential volume for anyone who cares about the past and future of books.
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A group of faculty have organized a book discussion group to read the revised edition of Sven Birkerts' book The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age. (2006).
Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to Jonathan Miller at jxmiller@rollins.edu, so that we can plan refreshments. This group is open to all members of the Rollins community.
Refreshments will be served.
For information on where to find a copy of The Gutenberg Elegies, visit rollins.worldcat.org. |
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Campus Department
Olin Library |
Event is open to the public
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