Description
First published in French in 1988, this extraordinary book traces the meaning and function of reading from its very beginnings in Greek oral culture through the development of silent reading.
One of the most haunting early examples of Greek alphabetical writing appears on the life-sized Archaic funerary statue of a young girl. The inscription speaks for Phrasikleia, who "shall always be called maiden," for she has received this name from the gods instead of marriage.
Author: Jesper Svenbro
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 04/26/1993
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.06w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9780801497520
ISBN10: 0801497523
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- History | Ancient | Greece
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical