Sven Birkerts

Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again (Book)

Sven Birkerts

ISBN:9781555974893

The Art Of series is a new line of books reinvigorating the practice of craft and criticism. Each book will be a brief, witty, and useful exploration of fiction...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:194

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GUTENBERG ELEGIES - FATE OF READING (Book)

Sven Birkerts

ISBN:9780571190454

Discussing in personal and cultural terms the values of reading, and examining what may be lost as society turns towards CD-ROM, hypertext and audio books...more details

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Gutenberg Elegies, The (Book)

Sven Birkerts

ISBN:9780865479579

A reissue of the book that first examined the future of reading and literature in the electronic age, now with a new introduction and Afterword In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:251

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Other Walk (Book)

Sven Birkerts

ISBN:9781555975937

A series of autobiographical pieces by the master of reflection and slow time
Throughout his life, Sven Birkerts, one of the country's foremost literary critics...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:175

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Reading Life: Books for the Ages (Book)

Sven Birkerts

ISBN:9781555974640

A new, compelling collection of essays by Sven Birkerts, "one of America's most distinguished, eloquent servants of the poetry and fiction that matter" (Susan Sontag)
"Reading...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:191

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Readings (Book)

Sven Birkerts

ISBN:9781555972837

"Readings" combines the best of Sven Birkerts's previously published criticism with vital new essays. A dazzling writer whose clarity, rigor...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:274

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The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age (Book)

Sven Birkerts

ISBN:9780449910092

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Format:Paperback  Pages:248

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Writing Well: Longman Classics in Composition (Book)

Donald Hall;Sven Birkerts

ISBN:9780321439017

Co-authored by two esteemed writers, "Writing Well," is a beautifully-written and thoroughly readable guide to the craft of writing prose. Donald Hall...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:382

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Hopeful Monsters (Book)

Nicholas Mosley;Sven P Birkerts

ISBN:9781564782427

-- A sweeping, comprehensive epic, Hopeful Monsters tells the story of the love affair between Max, an English student of physics and biology...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:551

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Tolstoy's Dictaphone: Technology and the Muse (Book)

Sven P Birkerts

ISBN:9781555972486

When the great Russian writer Tolstoy was first offered the use of a brand new invention called the Dictaphone, he refused it, saying that it was sure to be "too dreadfully exciting" and would distract him from his literary endeavors.
For this provocative launch of the Graywolf Forum series...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:266

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