{"product_id":"the-typewriter-century-martyn-lyons-9781487525736","title":"The Typewriter Century: A Cultural History of Writing Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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and their typewriters from the 1880s, when the machine was first commercialized, to the 1980s, when word-processing superseded it.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, \u003ci\u003eThe Typewriter Century\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Typewriter Century\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martyn Lyons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487525737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487525736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.70h x 4.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022","brand":"Martyn Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993735758079,"sku":"9781487525736","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3db26ef-02bd-4653-9ab7-639b181283df.jpg?v=1683326012","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-typewriter-century-martyn-lyons-9781487525736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}