The following passage is adapted from an essay on the cultural transition from handwriting to mechanical typewriting in the late nineteenth century.
"The introduction of the commercial typewriter in the late nineteenth century was met with a curious mixture of apprehension and dismissive amusement by the literary establishment. Traditionalists lamented the machine’s clinical clatter, arguing that the intimate connection between the author's hand, pen, and paper was the very crucible of creative thought. To them, the typed page possessed a cold, mechanical uniformity that stripped prose of its individual soul. Yet, this high-minded resistance could not stem the tide of progress. Within a few decades, even the most stubborn romanticists had succumbed to the typewriter’s undeniable efficiency, trading the inkwell for the ribbon. What had once been decried as a vulgar instrument of the business office was quietly elevated to the essential tool of the modern novelist, showing that the march of utility eventually conquers even the most passionate aesthetic objections."
Which of the following best describes the author���s attitude toward the traditionalists’ resistance to the typewriter?
- mildly ironic, noting that the traditionalists' passionate aesthetic objections eventually gave way to practical utility.Answer
- Bstrongly disapproving, reprimanding the literary establishment for delaying the modernization of writing.
- Cdeeply nostalgic, expressing regret that the intimate connection of handwriting has been lost to technology.
- Dreverently admiring, praising the traditionalists for their noble defense of classical artistic methods.