{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-the-library-9780691175744","title":"The Meaning of the Library","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[F]or both scholar and general reader, comprehensive bibliographic notes constitute a multilingual gold mine of historical resources on libraries.\"--Booklist \"As a history and an assessment of an inestimable resource and a force for good in the world,The Meaning of the Libraryis a timely and thought-provoking compilation.\"--Patricia Craig, Independent \"The Meaning of the Libraryis a riveting and deeply satisfying work that is bound to leave the reader not only far more aware of the sociocultural importance of the institution as a reservoir of heritage and learning, but also inspired to think of issues that lie beyond the earthly and temporal realm.\"--Lois C. Henderson, Bookpleasures.com \"A marvelous survey of Western libraries and books from Greek and Roman times to today... It is a lovely book, handsomely designed with endnotes, author bios, bibliography, index, and an eight-page, four-color insert-illustrations of ancient and medieval book cabinets.\"--Wally Wood, Bookpleasures.com \"These pleasant peregrinations exploring the role that libraries ... have played as preservers, proponents, and providers of culture will appeal widely to library scholars and bibliophiles.\"--Choice \"This excellent volume, well produced and with an extensive bibliography, is not standard library history, but it is delightful reading, whether consumed as a whole or used to browse in. It should provide any library historians with new insights into their discipline and can be highly recommended.\"--Peter Hoare, Library \u0026amp; Information History \"Each essay is excellently written and researched; each new perspective illuminates a different fact in great and mind-expanding detail... Bibliophiles, especially, will love [The Meaning of the Library] as it focuses attention on the deeper importance book collections hold.\"--Gretchen Wagner, San Francisco Book Review \"A wonderfully informative, erudite and entertaining collection of essays.\"--Alberto Manguel, Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  Acknowledgments xi  Introduction, Alice Crawford xiii  Part 1 The Library through Time  Chapter 1 Adventures in Ancient Greek and Roman Libraries, Edith Hall 1  Chapter 2 The Image of the Medieval Library, Richard Gameson 31  Chapter 3 The Renaissance Library and the Challenge of Print, Andrew Pettegree 72  Chapter 4 From Printing Shop to Bookshelves: How Books Began the Journey to Enlightenment Libraries, Robert Darnton 91  Chapter 5 \"The Advantages of Literature\": The Subscription Library in Georgian Britain, David Allan 103  Chapter 6 Literature and the Library in the Nineteenth Century, John Sutherland 124  Part 2 The Library in Imagination  Chapter 7 The Library in Fiction, Marina Warner 153  Chapter 8 The Library in Poetry, Robert Crawford 176  Chapter 9 The Library in Film: Order and Mystery, Laura Marcus 199  Part 3 The Library Now and in the Future  Chapter 10 \"Casting and Gathering\": Libraries, Archives, and the Modern Writer, Stephen Enniss 223  Chapter 11 Meanings of the Library Today, John P. Wilkin 236  Chapter 12 The Modern Library and Global Democracy, James H. Billington 254  Selected Bibliography 267  Contributors 281  Index 285","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865536999767,"sku":"9780691175744","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691175744.jpg?v=1722274447","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-meaning-of-the-library-9780691175744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}