This text is a study of writing from its very beginnings to its recent transformations through technology. Traversing four millennia, the author offers a chronicle of writing as a cultural system, a means of communication and a history of technologies. He shows how the written word originated, how it spread and how it figured in the evolution of civilization. An examination of the interactions of individuals and cultures to produce forms of "writing" in the many senses of authorship, language rendition and script is also included. The text examines to what extent the development of writing is owed to practical necessity and how much to religious and social systems of symbols. It describes the precursors to writing and reveals their place in early civilization as devices in service of the spoken word. The tenacity of the oral tradition plays an important part in this text - even as late as the 18th century educated individuals were trained in classical rhetoric and preferred to rely on the arts of memory. Finally, Martin discusses the changes to writing wrought by the electronic revolution, offering insights into the influence these new technologies have had on children born into the computer age.
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Henri-Jean Martin is professor at the Ecole Nationale des Chartes and Director of Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, and has taught at the Newberry Library.
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