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The Typewriter Century: A Cultural History of Writing Practices

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Availability:In StockContributor:Martyn LyonsSeries:Studies in Book and Print CulturePublish date:2021-02-02Pages:276
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9781487525736ISBN-10:1487525737UPC:9781487525736Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Books & Reading, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:10.70 x 4.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCX9CN5BYA

This book captures the intensity of the relationship between writers and their typewriters from the 1880s, when the machine was first commercialized, to the 1980s, when word-processing superseded it. Drawing on examples from the United States, Britain, Europe, and Australia, The Typewriter Century focuses on "celebrity writers," including Henry James, Jack Kerouac, Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, and Erle Stanley Gardner, who wrote prolifically and mechanically, developing routines in which typing, handwriting, and dictation were each allotted important functions.


The typewriter de-personalized the text; the office typewriter bureaucratized it. At the same time, some authors found a new and disturbing distance between themselves and their compositions while others believed the typewriter facilitated spontaneous and automatic typing. The Typewriter Century provides a cultural history of the typewriter, outlining the ways in which it can be considered an agent of change as well as demonstrating how it influenced all writers, canonical and otherwise.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9781487525736ISBN-10:1487525737UPC:9781487525736Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Books & Reading, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:10.70 x 4.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCX9CN5BYA
Lyons, Martyn: - Martyn Lyons is an emeritus professor of History & European Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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