The meaning of the library: a cultural history

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The meaning of the library: a cultural history

Instantiates

• The meaning of the library: a cultural history

Publication

• Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2015

Contents

• Introduction
• Crawford, A.
• ; p. xiii-xxix
• Chapter 1. Adventures in ancient Greek and Roman libraries
• Hall, E.
• ; p. 1-30
• Chapter 2. The image of the medieval library
• Gameson, R.
• ; p. 31-71
• Chapter 3. The Renaissance library and the challenge of print
• Pettegree, A.
• ; p. 72-90
• Chapter 4. From printing shop to bookshelves : how books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries
• Darnton, R.
• ; p. 91-102
• Chapter 5. "The advantages of literature" : the subscription library in Georgian Britain
• Allan, D.
• ; p. 103-123
• Chapter 6. Literature and the library in the nineteenth century
• Sutherland, J.
• ; p. 124-150
• Chapter 7. The library in fiction
• Warner, M.
• ; p. 153-175
• Chapter 8. The library in poetry
• Crawford, R.
• ; p. 176-198
• Chapter 9. The library in film : order and mystery
• Marcus, L.
• ; p. 199-219
• Chapter 10. "Casting and gathering" : libraries, archives, and the modern writer
• Enniss, S.
• ; p. 223-235
• Chapter 11. Meanings of the library today
• Wilkin, J.P.
• ; p. 236-253
• Chapter 12. The modern library and global democracy
• Billington, J.H.
• ; p. 254-266

Extent

xxix, 300 p.

Isbn

9780691166391

Record ID

u102495