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The Letter and the Cosmos : How the Alphabet Has Shaped the Western View of the World /
"From our first ABCs to the Book of Revelation's statement that Jesus is "the Alpha and Omega," we see the world through our letters. More than just a way of writing, the alphabet is a powerful concept that has shaped Western civilization and our daily lives. In The Letter and th...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
University of Toronto Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Ancient Greek Letters
- 3 Latin Letters and the Enduring Influence of Roman Scripts
- 4 Christian Letters: The Middle Ages
- 5 The Letters of Humanism
- 6 Baroque Variations and the Search for a Universal Language
- 7 Logical Letters: The Alphabet in the Age of Reason
- 8 The Alphabets of the Industrialized World
- 9 From Modern Experiments to Post-Modern Experiences
- 10 Into the New Millennium.