The Iron Whim
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The Iron Whim
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Author : Darren Sean Wershler-Henry
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2007
The Iron Whim written by Darren Sean Wershler-Henry and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.
The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a newsroom full of Underwoods to the more muted tapping and hum of the Selectric. Wershler-Henry casts a bemused eye on the odd history of early writing machines, important and unusual typewritten texts, the creation of On the Road, and the exploits of a typewriting cockroach named Archy, numerous monkeys, poets, and even a couple of vampires. He gathers into his narrative typewriter-related rumors and anecdotes (Henry James became so accustomed to dictating his novels to a typist that he required the sound of a randomly operated typewriter even to begin to compose). And by broadening his focus to look at typewriting as a social system as well as the typewriter as a technological form, he examines the fascinating way that the tool has actually shaped the creative process.With engaging subject matter that ranges over two hundred years of literature and culture in English, The Iron Whim builds on recent interest in books about familiar objects and taps into our nostalgia for a method of communication and composition that has all but vanished.
Iron Whim
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Author : Darren Wershler-Henry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-10
Iron Whim written by Darren Wershler-Henry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10 with categories.
Casts an amusing new light on the convoluted history of the first writing machines, re-examines important and unusual typewritten texts -- including the manuscript of ¿On the Road¿ and William S. Burroughs¿s ¿cut-ups¿ -- and recounts the exploits of a typewriting cockroach named Archy. Discusses typewriter-related rumors and anecdotes (the dying Henry James had become so accustomed to dictating his novels to a typist that he required the sound of a randomly operated typewriter to begin to compose). Reveals not only the history of and anecdotes about the machine, but also the fascinating way that, over the last two centuries when typewriting was writing, the tool actually shaped the creative process and regulated its users¿ behavior and thought processes.
Paul Auster S Writing Machine
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Author : Evija Trofimova
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-08-28
Paul Auster S Writing Machine written by Evija Trofimova and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Paul Auster is one of the most acclaimed figures in American literature. Known primarily as a novelist, Auster's films and various collaborations are now gaining more recognition. Evija Trofimova offers a radically different approach to the author's wider body of work, unpacking the fascinating web of relationships between his texts and presenting Auster's canon as a rhizomatic facto-fictional network produced by a set of writing tools. Exploring Auster's literal and figurative use of these tools – the typewriter, the cigarette, the doppelgänger figure, the city – Evija Trofimova discovers Auster's “writing machine”, a device that works both as a means to write and as a construct that manifests the emblematic writer-figure. This is a book about assembling texts and textual networks, the writing machines that produce them, and the ways such machines invest them with meaning. Embarking on a scholarly quest that takes her from between the lines of Auster's work to between the streets of his beloved New York and finally to the man himself, Paul Auster's Writing Machine becomes not just a critical investigation but a critical collaboration, raising important questions about the ultimate meaning of Auster's work, and about the relationship between texts, their authors, their readers and their critics.
Evaluation Of Selected Spinels And Perovskites As Candidate High Temperature Molybdenum Coatings
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Author : Max L. Glenn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Evaluation Of Selected Spinels And Perovskites As Candidate High Temperature Molybdenum Coatings written by Max L. Glenn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
Report Of Investigations
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Report Of Investigations written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Mineral industries categories.
Catalog
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Author : Risdon Iron Works
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Catalog written by Risdon Iron Works and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Commercial catalogs categories.
Approaches To The History Of Written Culture
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Author : Martyn Lyons
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-08-07
Approaches To The History Of Written Culture written by Martyn Lyons and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book investigates the history of writing as a cultural practice in a variety of contexts and periods. It analyses the rituals and practices determining intimate or ‘ordinary’ writing as well as bureaucratic and religious writing. From the inscribed images of ‘pre-literate’ societies, to the democratization of writing in the modern era, access to writing technology and its public and private uses are examined. In ten studies, presented by leading historians of scribal culture from seven countries, the book investigates the uses of writing in non-alphabetical as well as alphabetical script, in societies ranging from Native America and ancient Korea to modern Europe. The authors emphasise the material characteristics of writing, and in so doing they pose questions about the definition of writing itself. Drawing on expertise in various disciplines, they give an up-to-date account of the current state of knowledge in a field at the forefront of ‘Book History’.
The Mechanic S Magazine Museum Register Journal And Gazette Volume 31
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Author : Anonymous
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 1837
The Mechanic S Magazine Museum Register Journal And Gazette Volume 31 written by Anonymous and has been published by Nabu Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1837 with Business & Economics categories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Mechanics Magazine
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Author : John I Knight
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1837
Mechanics Magazine written by John I Knight and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1837 with categories.
Archives Of War
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Author : Debra Ramsay
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-07-21
Archives Of War written by Debra Ramsay and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-21 with History categories.
This book offers a comparative analysis of British Army Unit War Diaries in the two World Wars, to reveal the role played by previously unnoticed technologies in shaping the archival records of war. Despite thriving scholarship on the history of war, the history of Operational Record Keeping in the British Army remains unexplored. Since World War I, the British Army has maintained daily records of its operations. These records, Unit War Diaries, are the first official draft of events on the battlefield. They are vital for the army’s operational effectiveness and fundamental to the histories of British conflict, yet the material history of their own production and development has been widely ignored. This book is the first to consider Unit War Diaries as mediated, material artefacts with their own history. Through a unique comparative analysis of the Unit War Diaries of the First and Second World Wars, this book uncovers the mediated processes involved in the practice of operational reporting and reveals how hidden technologies and ideologies have shaped the official record of warfare. Tracking the records into The National Archives in Kew, where they are now held, the book interrogates how they are re-presented and re-interpreted through the archive. It investigates how the individuals, institutions and technologies involved in the production and uses of unit diaries from battlefield to archive have influenced how modern war is understood and, more importantly, waged. This book will be of much interest to students of media and communication studies, military history, archive studies and British history.