Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Smith, Emma (1970-....)
Titre(s) : Portable magic [Texte imprimé] : a history of books and their readers / Emma Smith
Publication : New York, NY : A. A. Knopf, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (337 p.) ; 22 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic
glow for childhood reading, the lifetime companionship of a much-loved novel. But
books are things as well as words, objects in our lives as well as worlds in our heads.
And just as we crack their spines, loosen their leaves and write in their margins,
so they disrupt and disorder us in turn. All books are, as Stephen King put it, 'a
uniquely portable magic'. Here, Emma Smith shows us why"
Sujet(s) : Histoire du livre
Livres et lecture -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
002.09 (23e éd.) = Livre - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-5247-4909-5 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47326950v
Notice n° :
FRBNF47326950
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: Magic books ; Beginnings: East, West and Gutenberg ; Queen Victoria
in the trenches ; Christmas, gift books and abolition ; Shelfies: Anne, Marilyn
and Madame de Pompadour ; Silent Spring and the making of a classic ; The Titanic
and book traffic ; Religions of the book ; 10 May 1933: burning books ; Library
books, camp, and malicious damage ; Censored books: '237 goddams, 58 bastards, 31
Chrissakes, and 1 fart' ; Mein Kampf : freedom to publish? ; Talismanic books ;
Skin in the game: book-binding and African-American poetry ; Choose Your Own Adventure:
readers' work ; The empire writes back ; What is a book? ; Epilogue: Books and
transformation.
