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In the Vineyard of the Text: A Commentary to Hugh's Didascalicon
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 031
EAN: 9780226372365
ISBN: 0226372367
Label: University Of Chicago Press
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 162
Publication Date: June 15, 1996
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Studio: University Of Chicago Press
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Editorial Review:
In a work with profound implications for the electronic age, Ivan Illich explores how revolutions in technology affect the way we read and understand text.Examining the Didascalicon of Hugh of St. Victor, Illich celebrates the culture of the book from the twelfth century to the present. Hugh's work, at once an encyclopedia and guide to the art of reading, reveals a twelfth-century revolution as sweeping as that brought about by the invention of the printing press and equal in magnitude only to the changes of the computer age—the transition from reading as a vocal activity done in the monastery to reading as a predominantly silent activity performed by and for individuals.
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