The meaning of the library : a cultural history /

From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. Generously illustrated, "The Meaning of the Library" examines this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, exa...

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主要な著者: Hall, Edith, 1959- (著者), Gameson, Richard (著者), Pettegree, Andrew (著者), Darnton, Robert (著者), Allan, David, 1964- (著者), Sutherland, John, 1938- (著者), Warner, Marina, 1946- (著者), Crawford, Robert, 1959- (著者), Marcus, Laura (著者), Enniss, Stephen (著者), Price-Wilkin, W. John (William John), 1956- (著者), Billington, James H. (著者)
その他の著者: Crawford, Alice, 1958- (編集者)
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press 2015.
オンライン・アクセス:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvc77j4p
目次:
  • Adventures in ancient Greek and Roman libraries / Edith Hall
  • The image of the medieval library / Richard Gameson
  • The Renaissance library and the challenge of print / Andrew Pettegree
  • From printing shop to bookshelves:How books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries / Robert Darnton
  • "The advantages of literature": The subscription library in Georgian Britain / David Allan
  • Literature and the library in the nineteenth century / John Sutherland
  • The library in fiction / Marina Warner
  • The library in poetry / Robert Crawford
  • The library in film: Order and mystery / Laura Marcus
  • "Casting and gathering": Libraries, archives, and the modern writer / Stephen Enniss
  • Meanings of the library today / John P. Wilkin
  • The modern library and global democracy / James H. Billington.