Breaking the Book

Download or read book Breaking the Book written by Laura Mandell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking the Book is a manifesto on the cognitiveconsequences and emotional effects of human interactions withphysical books that reveals why the traditional humanitiesdisciplines are resistant to 'digital' humanities. Explores the reasons why the traditional humanities disciplinesare resistant to 'digital humanities' Reveals facets of book history, offering it as an example ofhow different media shape our modes of thinking and feeling Gathers together the most important book history and literarycriticism concerning the hundred years leading up to the early19th-century emergence of mass print culture Predicts effects of the digital revolution on disciplinarity,expertise, and the institutional restructuring of thehumanities