Etiqueta: The nature of the book
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What is AI doing to printing reliability?
The practical consequence is that we do not have to agonize over the reliability of a published book before we can put it to use. We do not need to undertake investigatory work to confirm that its author does exist and that its text is authorized. No literary spy need be hired to ascertain that it was…
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How do piracy and new technology influence fiction?
But for good or ill, countless authors and publishers have encountered to some degree the loss of control induced by piracy. It means that the experiences associated with print are indeed different from those familiar to most Western readers. And any suggestion that the intrinsic cultural consequences of technology have simply been inadequately realized in such settings…
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Do you consider narrative outside History?
The disconnected air exhibited by Eisenstein’s account is not accidental. In her work, printing itself stands outside history. The press is something «sui generis,» we are told, lying beyond the reach of conventional historical analysis. Its «culture» is correspondingly placeless and timeless. THE NATURE OF THE BOOK. Print and Knowledge in the making. ADRIAN JOHNS. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS.…
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Is your fiction austere simplicity?
El contenido destaca la figura de Tycho de Eisenstein y Latour como un símbolo de orden en el conocimiento, cuestionando su credibilidad. También se reflexiona sobre la naturaleza de la ficción, sugiriendo que es más sencilla que la realidad, que está plagada de contradicciones, lo que genera inseguridad en el conocimiento.
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De deudas y ficción
Inevitablemente, el escritor de cualquier libro adquiere deudas incontables, y cuando el tema es tan interdisciplinario como éste, esas deudas son en particular, sensibles. Durante la casi década que ha tomado completar este trabajo; he recibido la generosa ayuda de un amplio rango de personas. Soy consciente de lo poco adecuado que resulte cualquier reconocimiento…
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Fiction and debt
The writer of any book inevitably accrues debts, and when its theme is as interdisciplinary as this one those debts are particularly keenly felt. During the near-decade that it has taken to complete this work, I have received generous help from a wide range of people. I am conscious of the inadequacy of any acknowledgment…