{"product_id":"exfoliations-reading-machines-and-the-upgrade-path-9780816651023","title":"Exfoliations  Reading Machines and the Upgrade","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Harpold’s book provides a useful and interesting argument which can aid us greatly in developing a better understanding of textuality in the new media ecology.\"—\u003ci\u003eCulture Machine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Terry Harpold’s book is in itself a demonstration of one of the messages in this ground-breaking work on the digitization of literature. As he very convincingly argues, it is now time to study the electronic text as a form of visual reading and writing, and in this shift the necessity of folding the e-text back to previous forms of print culture in inescapable.\"—\u003ci\u003eImage \u0026amp; Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEx-foliations\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich compendium that situates current reading practices with a long historical continuum.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEx-foliations\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploratory book. It aims to draw a map of the early years of the ‘upgrade path’, the path of textuality in new media. Harpold takes a much needed polemical stance in saying that scholars must be wary of dominant narratives on this path, with their promises of ever-improving experiences and their quite obvious commercial drives.\"—\u003ci\u003eCulture Machine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405959176535,"sku":"9780816651023","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816651023.jpg?v=1730494048","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/exfoliations-reading-machines-and-the-upgrade-path-9780816651023","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}