The typewriter century : a cultural history of writing practices /
"This book captures the intensity of the relationship between writers and their typewriters from the 1880s, when the machine was first commercialized, to the 1980s, when word-processing superseded it. Drawing on examples from the United States, Britain, Europe, and Australia, The Typewriter Cen...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; London :
University of Toronto Press,
2021
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| Series: | Studies in book and print culture.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "This book captures the intensity of the relationship between writers and their typewriters from the 1880s, when the machine was first commercialized, to the 1980s, when word-processing superseded it. Drawing on examples from the United States, Britain, Europe, and Australia, The Typewriter Century focuses on "celebrity writers," including Henry James, Jack Kerouac, Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, and Erle Stanley Gardner, who wrote prolifically and mechanically, developing routines in which typing, handwriting, and dictation were each allotted important functions. The typewriter de-personalized the text; the office typewriter bureaucratized it. At the same time, some authors found a new and disturbing distance between themselves and their compositions while others believed the typewriter facilitated spontaneous and automatic typing. The Typewriter Century provides a cultural history of the typewriter, outlining the ways in which it can be considered an agent of change as well as demonstrating how it influenced all writers, canonical and otherwise."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 261 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781487537838 1487537832 9781487537821 1487537824 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 15, 2021). |
