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Titre(s) : The meaning of the library [Texte imprimé] : a cultural history / edited by Alice Crawford
Publication : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, ©2015
Description matérielle : xxix, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Comprend : Introduction /Alice CrawfordPart 1. The Library through Time ; Adventures in ancient
Greek and Roman libraries /Edith Hall ; The image of the medieval library /Richard
Gameson ; The Renaissance library and the challenge of print /Andrew Pettegree ; From
printing shop to bookshelves:How books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries
/Robert Darnton ; "The advantages of literature": The subscription library in Georgian
Britain /David Allan ; Literature and the library in the nineteenth century /John
SutherlandPart 2. The Library in Imagination ; The library in fiction /Marina Warner
; The library in poetry /Robert Crawford ; The library in film: Order and mystery
/Laura Marcus -- Part 3. The Library Now and in the Future ; "Casting and gathering":
Libraries, archives, and the modern writer /Stephen Enniss ; Meanings of the library
today /John P. Wilkin ; The modern library and global democracy /James H. Billington
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index
From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to
knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. Generously illustrated, "The Meaning
of the Library" examines this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the
library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted,
and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, contributors -- including
the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust
-- present a cultural history of the library. Whether relishing an account of the
Alexandrian Library or a look at the stylish railway libraries of nineteenth-century
England, readers will find a survey of the library through time. Here, too, are the
imagined libraries of fiction, poetry, and film, from Scheherazade's stories to "The
Name of the Rose" and beyond
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Crawford, Alice. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Bibliothèques -- Histoire
Bibliothèques et société
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-691-16639-1 (hardback) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0691166390 (hardback)
(acid-free paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44343405x
Notice n° :
FRBNF44343405
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