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Technically Alive This page intentionally left blank Technically Alive Shakespeare’s Sonnets John Michael Archer technically alive Copyright © John Archer, 2012. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-1-137-28717-5 All rights reserved. First published in 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-44956-9 ISBN 978-1-137-33056-7 (ebook) DOI 10.1057/9781137330567 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Archer, John Michael. Technically alive : Shakespeare’s Sonnets / John Michael Archer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616. Sonnets. 2. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616—Philosophy. 3. Philosophy in literature. 4. Literature and technology. 5. Heidegger, Martin, 1889–1976. 6. Technology— Philosophy. 7. Metaphysics. I. Title. II. Title: Shakespeare’s sonnets. PR2848.A887 2012 821’.3--dc23 2012024710 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: December 2012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Beatae Memoriae This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction 1 2 Worth and Truth 25 3 Breeding 43 4 Poor Beast 57 5 Store 77 6 Living/Recording 89 7 Installation 109 8 Machine Technology 121 9 Revaluation 151 10 Waste 165 References 193 Index 201 This page intentionally left blank Figures 8.1 Jost Amman, “Typographus. Der Buchdrucker.” Woodcut from Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum. Frankfurt, 1568. British Museum, London, Great Britain. Photo credit: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY. 135 8.2 Jan Vermeer, The Music Lesson, ca. 1662–65. Ann Ronan Picture Library. London, Great Britain. Photo Credit: HIP/Art Resource, NY. 136 8.3 Title Page from William Byrd. Parthenia. London, 1613. This item is reproduced by permission of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. 137 8.4 Jan Vermeer, A Young Woman seated at a Virginal, ca. 1670–72. National Gallery, London, Great Britain ©National Gallery, London/Art Resource. 138 8.5 Jan van der Straet, Nova Reperta, Plate 4: the inside of a printing house. By permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library. 139 8.6 Printer’s device of William Jones. From the title-page of More Worke for a Masse Priest. London, 1622. This item is reproduced by permission of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. 139
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