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The Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages

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The Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages - Classen, Albrecht (Editor)
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The computer revolution is upon us. The future of books and of reading are debated. Will there be books in the next millennium? Will we still be reading? As uncertain as the answers to these questions might be, as clear is the message about the value of the book expressed by medieval writers. The contributors to the volume The Bookand the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages explore the significance of the written document as the key icon of a whole era. Both philosophers and artists, both poets and clerics wholeheartedly ...

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The Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages 2014, Routledge, London

ISBN-13: 9781138799035

Paperback

The Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages 1999, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780815332305

Hardcover