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edocfu_9958352413502883
Umfang:
1 online resource(144p.) :
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illustrations.
Ausgabe:
Electronic reproduction. , 2013. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812209105
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Material Texts
Inhalt:
Alberto Manguel examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epic Gilgamesh to the World Wide Web, from the adventures of Ulysses to the tragedy of Emma Bovary, and he considers how these metaphors reflect the cultures that invent them.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1. The Reader as Traveler Reading as Recognition of the World --
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Chapter 2. The Reader in the ivory tower Reading as Alienation from the World --
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Chapter 3. The bookworm The Reader as Inventor of the World --
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Conclusion. Reading to Live --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.9783/9780812209105
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812209105
