عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
PN83 .J36 2011
PN83
.
J36
2011
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0199747490 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
(Number (ISBN
9780199747498 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Alan Jacobs.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
162 p. ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Yes, we can! -- Whim -- All in your head -- Aspirations -- Upstream -- Responsiveness -- Kindling -- Slowly, slowly -- True confessions -- Lost -- Abbot Hugh's advice -- The triumphant return of Adler and Van Doren -- Plastic attention -- Getting schooled -- Quiet, please -- Once more, with feeling -- Judge, jury, executioner -- In solitude, for company -- Serendip -- How it all started -- An essay on sources.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The author argues that reading is alive and well in America. Millions of devoted readers support hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Reading.
Self-culture.
Study skills.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
028/
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8
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PN83
Book number
.
J36
2011
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Jacobs, Alan,1958-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20120313070930.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
