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THE TRAVELER, THE TOWER, AND THE WORM
THE READER AS METAPHOR |
| By: |
Alberto Manguel |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£33.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0812209109 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780812209105 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 May, 2013 |
| Series: |
Material Texts |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
19 illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |