The article considers the relationship between the quantity of books available at any one time in history and the nature of the reading experience, suggesting that the greater the quantity, with the mass production of paper and then arrival of the ebook, the more obsessed we become with criticism and the process of sifting out the good from the bad. Various historical texts are brought into play to show changing opinion around this question.

Too Many Books, 2015-04-16.

Too Many Books

PARKS, TIMOTHY HAROLD
2015-04-16

Abstract

The article considers the relationship between the quantity of books available at any one time in history and the nature of the reading experience, suggesting that the greater the quantity, with the mass production of paper and then arrival of the ebook, the more obsessed we become with criticism and the process of sifting out the good from the bad. Various historical texts are brought into play to show changing opinion around this question.
Inglese
16-apr-2015
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2015/04/16/too-many-books/
United States
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Online
Settore L-LIN/11 - Lingue e Letterature Anglo-Americane
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