SCRIPT AND SCRIBBLE: THE RISE AND FALL OF HANDWRITING
Book ID/图书代码： 08885014B74981
English Summary/英文概要： Steeped in the Palmer Method of Handwriting she learned in Catholic school, Kitty Burns Florey is a self-confessed “penmanship nut” who loves the act of taking pen to paper. So when she discovered that schools today forego handwriting drills in favor of teaching something called keyboarding, it gave her pause: “There is a widespread belief that, in a digital world, forming letters on paper with a pen is pointless and obsolete,” she says, “and anyone who thinks otherwise is right up there with folks who still have fallout shelters in their backyards.”
Florey tackles the importance of writing by hand and its place in our increasingly electronic society in this fascinating exploration of the history of handwriting. Weaving together the evolution of writing implements and scripts, pen-collecting societies, the golden age of American penmanship, the growth in popularity of handwriting analysis, and the many aficionados who still prefer scribbling on paper to tapping on keys, she asks the question: Is writing by hand really no longer necessary in today’s busy world?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Kitty Burns Florey陶醉于她在教会学校学到的帕梅尔习字法，自称书法艺术的“铁杆粉丝”。当她发现现代学校逐步放弃开设书法课程，转而选择教授学生如何使用键盘时，她陷入了深思：“大家普遍认为，在数字世界中，手写文字变得毫无价值、过时落伍。而且那些持有不同看法的人就像依然在后院设置防空洞的人一样落伍。”
Florey在本书中探究了手写书法的重要性及其在当今这个日益电子化社中的地位。书中有关书法发展历史的研究成果颇有趣味。本书介绍了书写工具的和文字的变化、收集钢笔的协会、美国书法的黄金时期、笔迹分析法的日渐流行以及一些仍旧喜爱手写文字不愿打字的书法迷。她提出了这样一个问题：“在当今这个繁忙的世界中，手写文稿真的不再重要了吗？”(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“每位作家都会爱上这本书，它就像一架收藏古董的橱柜那样令人着迷。”-------《拯救溺水鱼》的作者，Amy Tan
"This is a book every writer would love, a curio cabinet on the art and act of writing."- Amy Tan, author of Saving Fish from Drowning
About the Author/作者介绍： 作者KITTY BURNS FLOREY的著作有：《Sister Bernadette的吠犬之离奇历史》、《图解句子的艺术流失》。她还创作了九部小说，其中最新出版的是《书法的主任》，同时她还曾出版过许多短篇小说和论文。她居住在美国马萨诸塞州阿默斯特市。KITTY BURNS FLOREY is the author of Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences. She has also written nine novels—most recently, The Writing Master—and many short stories and essays. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Format:HARDCOVER
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