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653534
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Too, Yun Lee.
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The idea of the library in the ancient world /\ Yun Lee Too
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1 online resource (265 pages)
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0191573639 (electronic bk.)
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: 9780191573637 (electronic bk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-253) and indexes
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| Contents
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Introduction : the idea of the library -- Origins : the diachronic perspective. The birth of a library ; Library catalogues : from literary description to literary self-description -- Forms of the library. The breathing library : performing cultural memories ; The library (as) book : the fantasy of the total text ; The library of universal history : Diodorus Siculus and literary cosmopolitanism -- Memories. Inside and outside the library : the memory of canon -- Physicalities. Picture libraries : statues among the books ; The sociality of the ancient library
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Argues that the ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the focus for students of the subject up till now. In fact, the library is a complex institution with many different forms. It can be a building with books, but it can also be individual people, or the individual books themselves. In antiquity, the library's functions are numerous: as an instrument of power, of memory,of which it has various modes; as an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality
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Libraries-- History-- To 400.
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| Dewey Classification
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027.009
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027.03
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Z722.T66 2010
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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