The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction / Alan Jacobs.
2011
PN83 .J36 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction / Alan Jacobs.
Author
Jacobs, Alan, 1958-
ISBN
9780199747498 (alk. paper)
0199747490 (alk. paper)
0199747490 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
162 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
PN83 .J36 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
028/.8
Summary
The author argues that reading is alive and well in America. Millions of devoted readers support hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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