The idea of the library in the ancient world:

In The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too 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 buildin...

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Main Author: Too, Yun Lee 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford Univ. Press 2010
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Summary:In The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too 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.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (265 S.)
ISBN:9780199577804
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199577804.001.0001

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