The traveler, the tower, and the worm : the reader as metaphor /

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The author examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epic Gilgamesh to the World Wide Web, from the adventures of Ulysses to the tragedy of Emma Bovary, and he considers how these metaphors reflect the cultures that invent them.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Manguel, Alberto
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Material texts.
Temas:
Literature and anthropology.
Literature and society.
Signs and symbols.
Books and reading > Philosophy.
Littérature et anthropologie.
Littérature et société.
Signes et symboles.
Livres et lecture > Philosophie.
symbols.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Literature and anthropology
Literature and society
Signs and symbols
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The author examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epic Gilgamesh to the World Wide Web, from the adventures of Ulysses to the tragedy of Emma Bovary, and he considers how these metaphors reflect the cultures that invent them.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (141 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-135) and index.
ISBN:9780812209105
0812209109

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