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The Typewriter Century - A Cultural History of Writing Practices (Paperback)
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The Typewriter Century - A Cultural History of Writing Practices (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Book and Print Culture
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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first commercialized, to the 1980s, when word-processing superseded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.
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