The Typewriter Century A Cultural History of Writing Practices

As a vehicle for outstanding creativity, the typewriter has been taken for granted and was, until now, a blind spot in the history of writing practices.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author MARTYN LYONS
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Toronto Press 01.02.2021
Subjects
History
Language & Literature
Social aspects
Typewriters
Typewriting
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: 2: The Birth of the Typosphere 3: Modernity and the “Typewriter Girl” 4: The Modernist Typewriter 5: The Distancing Effect: 6: The Romantic Typewriter 7: Manuscript and Typescript 8: Georges Simenon: 9: Erle Stanley Gardner: 10: Domesticating the Typewriter 11: The End of the Typewriter Century and Post-Digital Nostalgia Notes Bibliography Index Back Matter