The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World

Zusatztext This fascination book extends the ancient library well beyond Alexandria's hoary shadow. Informationen zum Autor Yun Lee Too has held research fellowships at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington and has taught at the University of Liverpool and Columbia University. She currently lives in New York City. Klappentext A study of the ancient library as a complex institution with many different functions: as an instrument of power, of memory; an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality. Too incidentally raises conceptual questions about modern libraries, bringing to these the insights that a study of antiquity can offer. Zusammenfassung 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 up till 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yun Lee Too, Yun Lee (Independent scholar) Too, Too Yun Lee
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.03.2010
• EAN: 9780199577804
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957780-4
• Pagine: 250
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Griechenland, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Social History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, History - General History, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Library, archive and information management, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Library, Archive & Information Management