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The idea of the library in the ancient world / Yun Lee Too.

Author/creator Too, Yun Lee
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Description265 p. ; 23 cm.
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Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Classical Studies
Subject(s)
Libraries--History --To 400.
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-253) and indexes.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009934147
ISBN9780199577804 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0199577803

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