The Farther Shore: A Natural History of Perception, 1798-1984
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ISBN: 0871133350 / Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr, February 1990
Looks at how modern technology has changed the way we perceive the world, and compares modern impressions of the world with those of two hundred years ago
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Impossible to summarize, this book displays the play of intelligence around a variety of subjects literary, scientific, technological, and political. The year 1798 saw the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads . Gifford looks back at this "farther shore" and the "near shore" of the late 20th century, with a view toward understanding the transformations and the constants in human perception. Not indexed, but this is a book for reading rather than research. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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