A study of the ancient library as a complex institution with many different functions: as an instrument of power, of memory; an articulation of a politicalideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality. Too incidentally raises conceptual questions about modern libraries, bringing to these the insights that a study of antiquity can offer. INDICE: Introduction; Origins: The Diachronic Perspective; 1: The Birthof A Library; 2: Library Catalogues: From Literary Description to Literary Self-Description; Forms of the Library; 3: The Breathing Library: Performing Cultural Memories; 4: The Library (as) Book: The Fantasy of the Total Text; 5: The Library of Universal History: Diodorus Siculus and Literary Cosmopolitanism;Memories; 6: Inside and Outside of the Library: The Memory of Canon; Physicalities; 7: Picture Libraries: Statues among the Books; 8: The Sociality of the Ancient Library
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957780-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 276
- Fecha Publicación: 07/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés