A history of reading / by Alberto Manguel.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Flamingo, 1996Edition: First American editionDescription: 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0670843024
- 9780670843022
- 028.9
- Z1003. M292 1996
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 -- 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.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 028.9 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A189580B |
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.
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