The Muse Learns to Write: Reflections on Orality and Literacy from Antiquity to the Present - Couverture souple

Havelock, Eric A.

 
9780300043822: The Muse Learns to Write: Reflections on Orality and Literacy from Antiquity to the Present
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0300043821 ISBN 13 : 9780300043822
Editeur : Yale University Press, 1988

Synopsis

One of the most original and penetrating thinkers in Greek studies describes the transformation from oral culture to literacy in classical times and reflects upon its continued meaning for us today.

"Fresh insights into the orality-literacy shift in human consciousness from one who has long been studying this shift in ancient Greece and has now brought his vast learning and reflections to bear on our own times. This book is for a wide audience and calls for thoroughly rethinking current views on language, thought, and society from classical scholarship through modern philosophy, anthropology, and poststructuralism."--Walter J. Ong

"All in all, we have in this book the summary statement of one of the great pioneers in the study of oral and literate culture, fascinating in its scope and rewarding in its sophistication. As have his other works, this book will contribute mightily to curing the biases resulting from our own literacy."--J. Peter Denny, Canadian Journal of Linguistics

"An extremely useful summary and extension of the revisionist thinking of Eric Havelock, whom most classicists and comparatists would rank among the premier classical scholars of the last three decades. . . . The book presents important (though controversial) ideas in. . . an available format."--Choice

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
1988
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300043821
ISBN 13 
9780300043822
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
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Personne responsable
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