The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
Sven Birkerts. Ballantine Books, $19 (248pp) ISBN 978-0-449-91009-2
In his jeremiad, literary critic Birkets predicts that the information superhighway will lead to an erosion of language and a diminishing of sustained critical thought. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 10/02/1995
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 978-0-571-19849-8
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