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.
The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World
Yun Lee Too
Oxford University Press
2010
265 páginas
8h 50m
ISBN-13: 9780199577804
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