The idea of the library in the ancient world

Författare
Yun Lee. Too
(Yun Lee Too.)
Språk
Engelska
Förlag År Ort Om boken ISBN
Oxford University Press c2010 England, Oxford 265 sidor. 23 cm. 978-0-19-957780-4
Oxford University Press c2010 Storbritannien, Oxford 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. 978-0-19-172291-2