History of reading
Manguel, Alberto
History of reading - New York Penguin Books 2014 - xii,372p.
CONTENTS
Introduction ix
The Last Page
The Last Page 3
Acts of Reading
Reading Shadows 27
The Silent Readers 41
The Book of Memory 55
Learning to Read 67
The Missing First Page 85
Picture Reading 95
Being Read To 109
The Shape of the Book 125
Private Reading 149
Metaphors of Reading 163
Powers of the Reader
Beginnings 177
Ordainers of the Universe 187
Reading the Future 201
The Symbolic Reader 213
Reading within Walls 225
Stealing Books 237
The Author as Reader 247
The Translator as Reader 261
Forbidden Reading 279
The Book Fool 291
Endpaper Pages
Endpaper Pages 309
Notes 321
Index 361
9780143126713
028.9 / MAN
History of reading - New York Penguin Books 2014 - xii,372p.
CONTENTS
Introduction ix
The Last Page
The Last Page 3
Acts of Reading
Reading Shadows 27
The Silent Readers 41
The Book of Memory 55
Learning to Read 67
The Missing First Page 85
Picture Reading 95
Being Read To 109
The Shape of the Book 125
Private Reading 149
Metaphors of Reading 163
Powers of the Reader
Beginnings 177
Ordainers of the Universe 187
Reading the Future 201
The Symbolic Reader 213
Reading within Walls 225
Stealing Books 237
The Author as Reader 247
The Translator as Reader 261
Forbidden Reading 279
The Book Fool 291
Endpaper Pages
Endpaper Pages 309
Notes 321
Index 361
9780143126713
028.9 / MAN