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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Too, Yun Lee (1965-....)
Titre(s) : The idea of the library in the ancient world [Texte imprimé] / Yun Lee Too
Publication : Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
Description matérielle : 265 p. ; 23 cm
Comprend : Introduction : the idea of the library ; Origins : the diachronic perspective. The
birth of a library ; Library catalogues : from literary description to literary self-description
; Forms of the library. The breathing library : performing cultural memories ; The
library (as) book : the fantasy of the total text ; The library of universal history
: Diodorus Siculus and literary cosmopolitanism ; Memories. Inside and outside the
library : the memory of canon ; Physicalities. Picture libraries : statues among
the books ; The sociality of the ancient library.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [245]-253. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-253) and indexes
"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 until 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
indirectly raises important conceptual questions about the contemporary library, bringing
to these the insights that a study of antiquity can offer."--BOOK JACKET
Sujet(s) : Bibliothèques -- Jusqu'à 400
Indice(s) Dewey :
027.03 (23e éd.) = Bibliothèques et archives générales - Monde antique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199577804 (hbk.) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0199577803
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42759192x
Notice n° :
FRBNF42759192
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