A history of reading
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Published:
New York : Penguin Books, 2014.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xi, 372 pages, 1 folded plate 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780143126713, 0143126717
Notes
General Note
Originally published in 1996; this edition has a new introduction.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-353) and index.
Description
At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book - that string of confused, alien ciphers - shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader. Noted essayist Alberto Manguel moves from this essential moment to explore the 6000-year-old conversation between words and that magician without whom the book would be a lifeless object: the reader. Manguel lingers over reading as seduction, as rebellion, as obsession, and goes on to trace the never-before-told story of the reader's progress from clay tablet to scroll, codex to CD-ROM.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Manguel, A. (2014). A history of reading. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Manguel, Alberto. 2014. A History of Reading. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Manguel, Alberto, A History of Reading. New York, Penguin Books, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Manguel, Alberto. A History of Reading. New York, Penguin Books, 2014.
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