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050 00 $aP211$b.B385 2015
082 00 $a302.2/244$223
100 1 $aBattles, Matthew.
245 10 $aPalimpsest :$ba history of the written word /$cMatthew Battles.
250 $aFirst edition
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bW.W. Norton & Company,$c[2015]
264 4 $c℗♭2015
300 $a262 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [227]-238) and index.
505 0 $aBooks in running brooks -- Origins and nature -- Pictures and things -- Writing and power -- Holy writ -- Logos ex machina -- Page as mind.
520 $a"Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness. Portrayed in mythology as either a gift from heroes or a curse from the gods, it has been used as both an instrument of power and a channel of the divine; a means of social bonding and of individual self-definition. Now, as the revolution once wrought by the printed word gives way to the digital age, many fear that the art of writing, and the nuanced thinking nurtured by writing, are under threat. But writing itself, despite striving for permanence, is always in the midst of growth and transfiguration."--From the publisher.
650 0 $aWriting$xHistory.
650 0 $aWritten communication$xHistory.
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