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The idea of the library in the ancient world
- Title
- The idea of the library in the ancient world / Yun Lee Too.
- Author
- Too, Yun Lee.
- Publication
- Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 10-1197 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 265 p.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-253) and indexes.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 10-1197
- ISBN
- 9780199577804
- 0199577803
- LCCN
- 2009934147
- OCLC
- 428033347
- Author
- Too, Yun Lee.
- Title
- The idea of the library in the ancient world / Yun Lee Too.
- Imprint
- Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-253) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 10-1197