The Web of Text and the Web of God: An Essay on the Third Information Transformation [Hardcover]

Alan C. Purves (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1572302496 | ISBN-13: 978-1572302495 | Publication Date: April 10, 1998 | Edition: 1

Elucidating connections between the written word and how human beings think, communicate and worship. Alan Purves examines how hypertextual writing has led to a relationship between reader and text.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A thoughtful and insightful analysis." --Mark C. Taylor, PhD, Cluett Professor of Humanities and Religion, Williams College

"From his perspective in literary theory, Alan Purves gives an informed, comprehensive, and yet comprehensible survey of writing, reading, and interpreting documents from the Ten Commandments to hypertext. The discussion is given a special focus by its attention to the writing, translation, reading, and interpretation of Scripture and the new possibilities that the new media pose for those traditional problems. This is not a book to be merely consulted. It is a book to be savored, the legacy of a real author--how he thought, what influenced him, what he thought interesting and worth doing--and an invitation to the reader to share and reinvent his concerns." --David Olson, PhD, Professor of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto

"An excellent and pioneering work...Alan Purves connects the arguments about a new literature to a spiritual dimension." --Eugene Provenzo, PhD, Professor of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami

About the Author

Alan C. Purves, PhD (1931-1996,) was Professor Emeritus of English and Education at the University of Illinois, Professor Emeritus of Education and Humanities at the State University of New York at Albany, and President of The Scribes Inc., a company specializing in editorial and curriculum consulting in English Language Arts. His professional experience included teaching English at the elementary and secondary levels as well as in colleges and universities. Internationally known as a consultant on curriculum, literature instruction, and assessment, Dr. Purves published numerous articles and books in these areas.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Guilford Press; 1 edition (April 10, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572302496
• ISBN-13: 978-1572302495
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,258,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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