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The Presence of the Word: Some Prolegomena for Cultural and Religious History by Walter J. Ong
naum's review against another edition
5.0
The single review on Amazon.com is titled "Please make sure your trays are in the upright and locked..."… …and I must concur, this book is a portent, a wondrous ride, into an examination of orality v. literacy. Things you thought you knew you question and other bits dent the cranium, with a foreboding of realms hitherto un-conjured.
Must add more to this, as this blurb may strike as cryptic, but I need to reread to even wrestle with the content -- how spoken word manifests, the cultural manifestations, and yet, each technological advance bears the legacy of previous media.
Must add more to this, as this blurb may strike as cryptic, but I need to reread to even wrestle with the content -- how spoken word manifests, the cultural manifestations, and yet, each technological advance bears the legacy of previous media.
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