Looking Back on the Future History of the ‘Book’: The Council of Editors of Learned Journals Keynote Addresses MLA Convention 2002
David Greetham|George Bornstein|Michael Cornett
In the last couple of years, CELJ keynote addresses have featured speakers who discussed some aspect advancing electronic world scholarship. This year, I thought it might be profitable to bring what we know book's long history bear on its future - or otherwise. looked for two leading experts with deep knowledge in book and editing look back, as were, book. The academic journal, course, is one permutation category ‘book.’ idea ‘book,’ ‘a book’ reading practices that give thela ‘book’ life world, has become a fascinating topic at this historical moment when technological possibilities formats opened up traditional limitations printed stimulated much consideration become. Is context changing is? Or simply giving us new vantage point from which observe never been quite so clear mean by ‘book’? And degree successfully negotiated newer guises? David Greetham approaches these issues through lens Foucault's notion ‘author,’ trying several theoretical paths attempt spacious conceptualization George Bornstein then challenges editors, publishers, scholars address, practical outward-looking terms, various (especially economic) pressures are significantly limiting our ambitions
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