Interfaces of the Word: Studies in the Evolution of Consciousness and CultureIn Interfaces of the World, Walter J. Ong explores the effects on consciousness of the word as it moves through oral to written to print and electronic culture. |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Transformations of the Word and Alienation | 17 |
The Writers Audience Is Always a Fiction | 53 |
Copyright | |
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Designing Writing Tasks for the Assessment of Writing Leo Ruth,Sandra Murphy No preview available - 1988 |
A World of Difference: Society, Nature, Development Philip W. Porter,Eric Sheppard No preview available - 1998 |