What We Talk About When We Talk About Books

Language Arts & Disciplines
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books

Author: Leah Price

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 9781541673908

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 224

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Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated Do you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the willpower to focus on a sustained argument, the curiosity to look beyond the day's news, the willingness to be alone. The shelves of the world's great libraries, though, tell a more complicated story. Examining the wear and tear on the books that they contain, English professor Leah Price finds scant evidence that a golden age of reading ever existed. From the dawn of mass literacy to the invention of the paperback, most readers already skimmed and multitasked. Print-era doctors even forbade the very same silent absorption now recommended as a cure for electronic addictions. The evidence that books are dying proves even scarcer. In encounters with librarians, booksellers and activists who are reinventing old ways of reading, Price offers fresh hope to bibliophiles and literature lovers alike. Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award, 2020
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books
Language: en
Pages: 224

What We Talk About When We Talk About Books

Authors: Leah Price
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-20 - Publisher: Hachette UK

Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated Do you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us:
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Language: en
Pages: 144

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Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-28 - Publisher: Random House

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Language: en
Pages: 306

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Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-01 - Publisher: OR Books

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Language: en
Pages: 0

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

Authors: Nathan Englander
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-05 - Publisher: Vintage

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The Book Group Book
Language: en
Pages: 356

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Authors: Ellen Slezak
Categories: Group reading
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher:

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