Y se detuvieron las máquinas

Rara vez nos detenemos a pensar en las implicaciones que ofrece el hecho de desarrollar nuestra vida en un mundo letrado. Nuestra relación fácil y cotidiana con lo escrito nos parece natural. Sin embargo, leer y escribir son construcciones sociales, culturales y, por tanto, históricas, resultado de un largo proceso que se ha desarrollado a partir de unas necesidades comunicativas específicas. Este trabajo indaga en el conocimiento de las prácticas populares de la cultura escrita en el siglo XIX, momento en el que el uso de la escritura se configuró como una necesidad social, para de...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

“Una original novela histórica que afronta con maestría, lingüística y estilística, las intrincadas vicisitudes de la Corte francesa. Con extrema credibilidad cobran vida las dinámicas de palacio sin que nada sea omitido u otorgado a la casualidad. Una escritura coherente y adaptada al contexto de la narración acompaña al lector, de manera apasionante y nunca aburrida, gracias al dinamismo y al ritmo apremiante conferidos por los diálogos, en un placentero recorrido de experiencias. Intrigas, juegos de poder, mentiras, revelaciones, envidias, pasión e inteligencia son la flor del...