The meaning of the library: a cultural history edited by Alice Crawford.
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TextPublication details: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press, 2015Description: xxix, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780691166391
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index.
Introduction Alice Crawford Part 1. The Library through Time 1. Adventures in ancient Greek and Roman libraries Edith Hall ; 2. The image of the medieval library Richard Gameson ; 3. The Renaissance library and the challenge of print Andrew Pettegree ; 4. From printing shop to bookshelves : how books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries Robert Darnton ; 5. "The advantages of literature" : the subscription library in Georgian Britain David Allan ; 6. Literature and the library in the nineteenth century John Sutherland -- Part 2. The Library in Imagination. 7. The library in fiction Marina Warner ; 8. The library in poetry Robert Crawford ; 9. The library in film : order and mystery Laura Marcus -- Part 3. The Library Now and in the Future. 10. "Casting and gathering" : libraries, archives, and the modern writer Stephen Enniss ; 11. Meanings of the library today John P. Wilkin ; 12. The modern library and global democracy James H. Billington.
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