"...the dominance in cultural production of the printed text, not least in the form of the book, is merely a historical phase, and one which is now coming to an end under the impact of digital technology and the Internet. It can appropriately be designated the 'Gutenberg Parenthesis', an image which usefully identifies...the intriguing compatibilities, despite the technological differences, between oral, 'pre-parenthetical' culture and digital, 'post-parenthetical'...     University of Southern Denmark G.P. forum