The Romantic Typewriter
Australian novelist Nancy Cato (All the Rivers Run, 1958) enjoyed the fluency of typing. “When I get to the typewriter,” she said, “it just comes straight out through my fingers.”¹ Cato imagined a process in which words flowed naturally through her body into the machine, without any interruption fro...
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| Abstract | Australian novelist Nancy Cato (All the Rivers Run, 1958) enjoyed the fluency of typing. “When I get to the typewriter,” she said, “it just comes straight out through my fingers.”¹ Cato imagined a process in which words flowed naturally through her body into the machine, without any interruption from her own thoughts or any careful premeditation. In stark contrast to what some writers called “banging something out” on the typewriter, Cato envisaged typing as a smooth and seamless operation. She experienced a creative force, which in her imagination she did not entirely control. This sense that the act of writing |
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