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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Main Authors: Hall, Edith, 1959- (Author), Gameson, Richard (Author), Pettegree, Andrew (Author), Darnton, Robert (Author), Allan, David, 1964- (Author), Sutherland, John, 1938- (Author), Warner, Marina, 1946- (Author), Crawford, Robert, 1959- (Author), Marcus, Laura (Author), Enniss, Stephen (Author), Price-Wilkin, W. John (William John), 1956- (Author), Billington, James H. (Author)
其他作者: Crawford, Alice, 1958- (Editor)
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
出版: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press 2015.
在线阅读:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvc77j4p
书本目录:
  • 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.

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