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The idea of the library in the ancient world [[electronic resource] /] / Yun Lee Too



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Autore: Too Yun Lee Visualizza persona
Titolo: The idea of the library in the ancient world [[electronic resource] /] / Yun Lee Too Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
Disciplina: 027.03
Soggetto topico: Libraries - History - To 400
Libraries - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Idea of the Library; ORIGINS: THE DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE; FORMS OF THE LIBRARY; MEMORIES; PHYSICALITIES; Concluding Thoughts; References; General Index; Index Locorum
Sommario/riassunto: In The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too argues that the ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the focus for students of the subject up till now. In fact, the library is a complex institution with many different forms. It can be a building with books, but it can also be individual people, or the individual books themselves. In antiquity, the library's functions are numerous: as an instrument of power, of memory,of which it has various modes; as an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality. Too indirect
Titolo autorizzato: Idea of the library in the ancient world  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-38370-1
9786612383700
0-19-157363-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456732603321
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