A history of reading /
Manguel, Alberto,
A history of reading / by Alberto Manguel. - First American edition. - 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-353) and index.
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 -- 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 -- Endpaper Pages -- Notes -- Index.
0670843024 9780670843022
96002703
Books and reading--History
Z1003. / M292 1996
028.9
A history of reading / by Alberto Manguel. - First American edition. - 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-353) and index.
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 -- 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 -- Endpaper Pages -- Notes -- Index.
0670843024 9780670843022
96002703
Books and reading--History
Z1003. / M292 1996
028.9