The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm : The Reader as Metaphor.
Title:
The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm : The Reader as Metaphor.
Author:
Manguel, Alberto.
ISBN:
9780812209105
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1 online resource (152 pages)
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Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Reader as Traveler: Reading as Recognition of the World -- 2 The Reader in the Ivory Tower: Reading as Alienation from the World -- 3 The Bookworm: The Reader as Inventor of the World -- Conclusion: Reading to Live -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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