Track Changes - A Literary History of Word Processing

Informationen zum Autor Matthew G. Kirschenbaum is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. Klappentext Writing in the digital age has been as messy as the inky rags in Gutenberg's shop or the molten lead of a Linotype machine. Matthew Kirschenbaum examines how creative authorship came to coexist with the computer revolution. Who were the early adopters, and what made others anxious? Was word processing just a better typewriter, or something more? Zusammenfassung Writing in the digital age has been as messy as the inky rags in Gutenberg’s shop or the molten lead of a Linotype machine. Matthew Kirschenbaum examines how creative authorship came to coexist with the computer revolution. Who were the early adopters, and what made others anxious? Was word processing just a better typewriter, or something more?

Product details

• Authors: Matthew G Kirschenbaum, Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, Kirschenbaum Matthew G.
• Publisher: Belknap press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780674417076
• ISBN: 978-0-674-41707-6
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 244 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; COMPUTERS / History, History of engineering & technology, History of Computing, digital and information technologies, Word processing software