Format:
265 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780199577804
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
In The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too argues that the ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the focus for students of the subject up till now. In fact, the library is a complex institution with many different forms. It can be a building with books, but it can also be individual people, or the individual books themselves. In antiquity, the library's functions are numerous: as an instrument of power, of memory,of which it has various modes; as an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality. Too indirect
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Idea of the Library; ORIGINS: THE DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE; FORMS OF THE LIBRARY; MEMORIES; PHYSICALITIES; Concluding Thoughts; References; General Index; Index Locorum
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
9780199577804
Additional Edition:
Print version The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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General works
Keywords:
Griechenland
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Bibliothek
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Geschichte
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