Walter J. Ong (1912–2003)
Author of Orality and Literacy (New Accents)
About the Author
Walter J. Ong, S.J. (1912-2003), was University Professor of Humanities at Saint Louis University, where he taught for thirty-six years. His books include Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality, and Consciousness and Interfaces of the Word: Studies in the Evolution of Consciousness and Culture, both show more from Cornell; Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word; The Presence of the Word: Some Prolegomena for Cultural and Religious History; and Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue: From the Art of Discourse to the Art of Reason. show less
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Works by Walter J. Ong
Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue: From the Art of Discourse to the Art of Reason (1958) 104 copies
Rhetoric, Romance, and Technology: Studies in the Interaction of Expression and Culture (1971) 18 copies
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- Canonical name
- Ong, Walter J.
- Legal name
- Ong, Walter Jackson
- Birthdate
- 1912-11-30
- Date of death
- 2003-08-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Places of residence
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Education
- Rockhurst College (BA|1933)
Saint Louis University (MA|1941)
Harvard University (PhD|1955) - Occupations
- priest
professor (English Literature)
historian
philosopher - Organizations
- Society of Jesus
Saint Louis University
Modern Language Association of America
Roman Catholic Church
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