The Untold Story of the Talking Book - Rubery, Matthew
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"This work is the first history of recorded literature since Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph in 1877. It traces the tradition from phonographic books made on wax cylinders to talking books made for blinded soldiers returning from the First World War and, much later, the commercial audiobooks heard today. Addressing the vexed relationship between orality and print, the author shows how talking books developed both as a way of reproducing printed books and as a way of overcoming their limitations. In a wide-ranging overview, he charts the talking book's evolution across numerous media (records, tapes, discs, digital files), its reception by a bemused public, and impassioned disputes over its legitimacy. Testimonials drawn from the archives of charities for war-blinded veterans and pioneering audio publishers including Caedmon, Books on Tape, and Audible vividly recreate how audiences over the past century have responded to literature read out loud. This book poses a series of conceptual questions to...
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2016Uitgever: Harvard Univ Pr369 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0674545443ISBN-13: 9780674545441Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2016, hardcover met stofomslag, mooi exemplaar [Auteur: Rubery, Matthew] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Harvard Univ Pr] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: The Untold Story of the Talking Book]
