The idea of the library in the ancient world

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Too, Yun Lee, 1965- (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press 2010
Edición:1st. ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the idea of the library
  • Origins : the diachronic perspective. The birth of a library ; Library catalogues : from literary description to literary self-description
  • Forms of the library. The breathing library : performing cultural memories ; The library (as) book : the fantasy of the total text ; The library of universal history : Diodorus Siculus and literary cosmopolitanism
  • Memories. Inside and outside the library : the memory of canon
  • Physicalities. Picture libraries : statues among the books ; The sociality of the ancient library.