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A history of reading /

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A wide-ranging and erudite exploration of the topic of reading.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manguel, Alberto (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [New York] ; Toronto : Penguin Books, 1997.
©1996
Subjects:
Books and reading > History.
Reading > History.
Livres et lecture > Histoire.
Lecture > Histoire.
02.01 history of science and culture.
05.15 reading.
Books and reading.
Reading.
Lezen.
Boeken.
History.
History (form)
Table of Contents:
  • The Last Page
  • Reading Shadows
  • The Silent Readers
  • The Book of Memory
  • Learning to Read
  • The Missing First Page
  • Picture Reading
  • Being Read To
  • The Shape of the Book
  • Private Reading
  • Metaphors of Reading
  • Powers of the Reader
  • Beginnings
  • Ordainers of the Universe
  • Reading the Future
  • The Symbolic Reader
  • Reading within Walls
  • Stealing Books
  • The Author as Reader
  • The Translator as Reader
  • Forbidden Reading
  • The Book Fool.