Why I read : the serious pleasure of books / Wendy Lesser.
Why I read : the serious pleasure of books / Wendy Lesser.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Call Numbers
G 2014/3025
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Language
English
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Physical content
223 pages ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: why I read -- Character and plot -- The space between -- Novelty -- Authority -- Grandeur and intimacy -- Elsewhere -- Inconclusions -- Afterword: the book as physical object.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
"An exhilarating volume that will ratchet up the joy for all reading groups "Wendy Lesser's extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America's most significant cultural critics," writes Stephen Greenblatt. In Why I Read, Lesser draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing one of the most distinguis...
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Why I read : the serious pleasure of books / Wendy Lesser.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2014/3025
Record Identifier
74VKvKy58lRZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvKy58lRZ
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ISBN
9780374709815 (ebook)
0374289204 (hardback)
9780374289201 (hardback)
0374709815 (ebook)
DDC
028.9
MMS ID
991021492979702626
